Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klenь
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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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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. It has been suggested to be in an ablaut relation to *klinъ (“wedge”). What speaks for it is that *trěska means “sliver, splinter” as well as “cod”.
Noun
[edit]*klenь m
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *klenь (i-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *klenь | *kleni | *klenьje, *kleňe* |
| genitive | *kleni | *klenьju, *kleňu* | *klenьjь, *kleni* |
| dative | *kleni | *klenьma | *klenьmъ |
| accusative | *klenь | *kleni | *kleni |
| instrumental | *klenьmь | *klenьma | *klenьmi |
| locative | *kleni | *klenьju, *kleňu* | *klenьxъ |
| vocative | *kleni | *kleni | *klenьje, *kleňe* |
* 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
[edit]- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
[edit]- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “klȅn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar[1], 3rd edition, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 304