Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klětь

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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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Etymology

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Akin to Latvian klẽts (barn), Lithuanian klė́tis (barn), Old Prussian clenan. Either:

Noun

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*klě̑tь f[1][3][2]

  1. the commonality in all the descendants, including some derived terms (closet, hut, cabin, cage, granary, cellar, barn), is that of a 'closed space'

Declension

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Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*klětь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 224:f. i
  2. 2.0 2.1 Snoj, Marko (2016) “klet”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *klě̑tь
  3. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “klětь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:f. c forrådskammer, bur (PR 138)

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klětь/*klětъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 25
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress