Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kloniti

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 *klonъ +‎ *-iti, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook, to bend”). Has been compared (by Berneker, Mladenov) with Proto-Slavic *sloniti (“to shelter, to screen”).

Verb

*klonìti impf

1. to tilt, to slant, to incline
2. (by extension) to tend, to verge, to arch
3. (reflexive) (+ *sę) to bow

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kloniti

infinitive	*klon{{{2}}}iti
supine	*klon{{{2}}}itъ
verbal noun	*klon{{{2}}}jenьje
participles	present	past
active	*klon{{{2}}}ę	*klon{{{2}}}jь
passive	*klon{{{2}}}imъ	*klon{{{2}}}jenъ
resultative	—	*klon{{{2}}}ilъ
	present	imperative
1st singular	*klon{{{2}}}jǫ	—
2nd singular	*klon{{{2}}}išь	*klon{{{2}}}i
3rd singular	*klon{{{2}}}itь	*klon{{{2}}}i
1st dual	*klon{{{2}}}ivě	*klon{{{2}}}ivě
2nd dual	*klon{{{2}}}ita	*klon{{{2}}}ita
3rd dual	*klon{{{2}}}ite	*klon{{{2}}}ite
1st plural	*klon{{{2}}}imъ	*klon{{{2}}}imъ
2nd plural	*klon{{{2}}}ite	*klon{{{2}}}ite
3rd plural	*klon{{{2}}}ętь	—
	imperfect	aorist
1st singular	*klon{{{2}}}jaaxъ	*klon{{{2}}}ixъ
2nd singular	*klon{{{2}}}jaaše	*klon{{{2}}}i
3rd singular	*klon{{{2}}}jaaše	*klon{{{2}}}i
1st dual	*klon{{{2}}}jaaxově	*klon{{{2}}}ixově
2nd dual	*klon{{{2}}}jaašeta	*klon{{{2}}}ista
3rd dual	*klon{{{2}}}jaašete	*klon{{{2}}}iste
1st plural	*klon{{{2}}}jaaxomъ	*klon{{{2}}}ixomъ
2nd plural	*klon{{{2}}}jaašete	*klon{{{2}}}iste
3rd plural	*klon{{{2}}}jaaxǫ	*klon{{{2}}}išę

Iterative stem: *klaňati

Derived terms

• *nakloniti (“to tilt, to stoop”)
• *otъkloniti, *orzkloniti (“to diverge, to diviate”)
• *perkloniti, *pokloniti, *prikloniti (“to bow”)
• *sъkloniti (“to bend, to persuade”)
• *ukloniti (“to tilt towards”)
• *vъzkloniti (“to straighten”)
• *zakloniti (“to protude over, to shelter”)
• *klonъ (“branch, twig”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: клоні́ць (klonícʹ)
  • Russian: клони́ть (klonítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: клони́ти (klonýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: клонити (kloniti)
  • Bulgarian: клоня́ (klonjá)
  • Macedonian: клони (kloni)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: кло̀нити

    Latin script: klòniti

  • Slovene: klonīti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klonit
  • Polish: kłonić
  • Slovak: klоniť
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: kłoniś
    • Upper Sorbian: kłonić

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клонить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kloniti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 66
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клоня”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 465