Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olni
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aln-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHnih₂.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian élnis (“deer”), álnis (“deer”), élnias (“deer”), élnė (“doe”), álnė (“doe”), Latvian alnis (“elk”) and Old Prussian alne (“deer?”).
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “deer-calf”), ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn) and Middle Irish ailit (“doe, hind”).
From the e-grade of the same Indo-European root also *elenь (“deer”), and from a different extension also *olsь (“elk”).
Noun
*òlni f[1]
Declension
Declension of *òlni (ī-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *òlni | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
| genitive | *olnьję̇ | *olnьju | *olnьjь |
| dative | *olnьjī | *olnьjama | *olnьjāmъ |
| accusative | *olnьjǫ | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
| instrumental | *olnьjējǫ, *olnьjǭ* | *olnьjama | *olnьjāmī |
| locative | *olnьjī | *olnьju | *olnьjāsъ |
| vocative | *olnьje | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
* 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).
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лань”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olni”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 70
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*òlni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 368: “f. ā (a) ‘doe’”