Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klenъ

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

Etymology

Unknown. Unlikely from Proto-Indo-European *klen due to cognates missing anywhere else.

Noun

*klȅnъ m

1. maple

   Synonym: *avorъ

Declension

Declension of *klȅnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*klȅnъ	*klȅna	*klȅni
genitive	*klȅna	*klenù	*klènъ
dative	*klȅnu	*klenomà	*klenòmъ
accusative	*klȅnъ	*klȅna	*klȅny
instrumental	*klȅnъmь, *klȅnomь*	*klenomà	*klený
locative	*klȅně	*klenù	*kleně̃xъ
vocative	*klene	*klȅna	*klȅni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *klonъ (“branch, twig”) (possibly)
• *klękъ (“bush; humped, deformed tree”) (possibly)
• *klęčь (“wand, stick”) (possibly)

Derived terms

• *klenьje (“maple forrest”)
• *klenovъ (“maple's”)
• *maklenъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: кленъ (klenŭ)
    • Belarusian: клён (kljon)
    • Russian: клён (kljon)
    • Ukrainian: клен (klen)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: кленъ (klenŭ)
  • Bulgarian: клен (klen)
  • Macedonian: клен (klen)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: klȅn

    Cyrillic script: кле̏н

  • Slovene: klèn, maklèn
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klen
  • Kashubian: klón
  • Polish: klon
  • Slovak: klen
  • Slovincian: klǒu̯n, klȯn, klon
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: klon
    • Upper Sorbian: klon, klen

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klenъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 194
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клен¹”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 432