Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klenь

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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*klenь

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. It has been suggested to be in an ablaut relation to *klinъ (wedge). What speaks for it is that *trěska means “sliver, splinter” as well as “cod”.

Noun

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*klenь m

  1. European chub (Leuciscus cephalus)

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “klȅn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary]‎[1], 3rd edition, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 304