Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/plěna
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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-Indo-European *plēn-eh₂, from *pel-. Baltic cognates include Latvian plẽne, Lithuanian plėnė̃ (“membrane”), Old Prussian pleynis (“cerebral membrane”).
Noun
*plěna f[1]
Declension
Declension of *plěna (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *plěna | *plěně | *plěny |
| genitive | *plěny | *plěnu | *plěnъ |
| dative | *plěně | *plěnama | *plěnamъ |
| accusative | *plěnǫ | *plěně | *plěny |
| instrumental | *plěnojǫ, *plěnǫ** | *plěnama | *plěnami |
| locative | *plěně | *plěnu | *plěnasъ, *plěnaxъ* |
| vocative | *plěno | *plěně | *plěny |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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).
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Slovene: plẹ́na
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плена́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*plěna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 404: “f. ā ‘membrane’”