Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/selzenь
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Proto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a tentative Proto-Indo-European *s(p)lēǵʰ-n- ~ *s(p)leh₁ǵʰ-n- (“spleen”),[1] from a root *spleǵʰ-, heavily distorted, likely for taboo reasons. Compare Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan) and Lithuanian blužnìs
Noun
[edit]*selzenь f
Derived terms
[edit]Inflection
[edit]This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]- East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: селязёнка (sjeljazjónka)
- ⇒ Russian: селезёнка (selezjónka)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: селезі́нка (selezínka)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπλήν, σπληνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1385
Further reading
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “селезёнка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lien”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN