Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolnь
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dalˀnas or *delˀnas. Cognate with Latvian dęl̃nа, Latgalian dalna, Lithuanian délna, délnas.
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to divide”) through the initial meaning carved, rasped surface[1]. Doubted by Derksen[2].
Noun
- palm of the hand
Inflection
Declension of *dòlnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *dòlnь | *dòlni | *dòlni |
genitive | *dòlnī | *dòlnьju, *dòlňu* | *dòlnьjь, *dòlnī* |
dative | *dòlni | *dòlnьma | *dòlnьmъ |
accusative | *dòlnь | *dòlni | *dòlni |
instrumental | *dòlnьjǫ, *dòlňǭ* | *dòlnьma | *dòlnьmī |
locative | *dòlnī | *dòlnьju, *dòlňu* | *dòlnьxъ |
vocative | *dolni | *dòlni | *dòlni |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Related terms
- *dolka (“fur”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ладонь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 05 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “длан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 399
References
- ^ Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language or etymology language code in the parameter "1"; the value "2013" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòlnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 111: “f. i (a) ‘palm of the hand’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dlȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine nouns
- sla-pro:Body parts
- Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic feminine i-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a