Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klenъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editUnknown. Probably related to Lithuanian klẽvas m (“maple”), Latvian kļava f (“maple”), Latgalian kļovs m (“maple”).
Trubačev tentatively presumes origin from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to jolt, to push”).
Noun
edit*klȅnъ m[1]
Alternative forms
editUsage notes
editLikely reflects the original Slavic word for maples. Probably initially referring particularly to “field maple” (Acer campestre).[2] Other varieties, such as Acer tataricum and Acer platanoides, are usually referred with epithetic terms like *mękyšь (“soft one”) (whence Bulgarian мекиш (mekiš)) or *žeščelъ ~ *žeščľa, *žestika (“hard one”) (whence Bulgarian жешля, жещел (žešlja, žeštel), Serbo-Croatian жешља, жестика), probably because they fell outside the range of the proto-Slavic homeland.
Declension
editDeclension of *klȅnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *klȅnъ | *klȅna | *klȅni |
genitive | *klȅna | *klenù | *klènъ |
dative | *klȅnu | *klenomà | *klenòmъ |
accusative | *klȅnъ | *klȅna | *klȅny |
instrumental | *klȅnъmь, *klȅnomь* | *klenomà | *klený |
locative | *klȅně | *klenù | *kleně̃xъ |
vocative | *klene | *klȅna | *klȅni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
edit- *klenьje (“maple forrest”)
- *klenovъ (“maple's”)
- *maklenъ, *meklenъ, *neklenъ, *sǫklenъ (“type of maple”)
Related terms
edit- *klonъ (“branch, twig”) (possibly)
- *klękъ (“bush; humped, deformed tree”) (possibly)
- *klęčь (“wand, stick”) (possibly)
- *kolъ (“stake”) (possibly)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “klenъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c ahorn (PR 137)”
- ^ Stojanović, Stefan (2012) “Further on the homeland of Slavs in the light of names of some trees (elms, poplars and the aspen, and maples)”, in Theory and Empiricism in Slavonic Diachronic Linguistics [Studia etymologica Brunensia 15], Praha: Lidové noviny, pages 239-241
Further reading
edit- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klenъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 194
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клен”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клен¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 432
- “klevas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Categories:
- Proto-Slavic terms with unknown etymologies
- Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Slavic lemmas
- Proto-Slavic nouns
- Proto-Slavic masculine nouns
- sla-pro:Sapindales order plants
- Proto-Slavic hard o-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic hard masculine o-stem nouns
- Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm c