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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olni

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *aln-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHnih₂.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian élnis (“deer”), álnis (“deer”), élnias (“deer”), élnė (“doe”), álnė (“doe”), Latvian alnis (“elk”) and Old Prussian alne (“deer?”).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “deer-calf”), ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn) and Middle Irish ailit (“doe, hind”).

From the e-grade of the same Indo-European root also *elenь (“deer”), and from a different extension also *olsь (“elk”).

Noun

*òlni f [1]

  1. doe

Declension
Declension of *òlni (ī-stem, accent paradigm a)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *òlni *òlni *òlnę̇
Accusative *òlnǫ *òlni *òlnę̇
Genitive *òlnę̇ *òlnu *òlnь
Locative *òlnī *òlnu *òlnāsъ
Dative *òlnī *òlnama *òlnāmъ
Instrumental *òlnējǫ, *òlnǭ* *òlnama *òlnāmī
Vocative *òlne *òlni *òlnę̇
* 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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ланиꙗ (lanija), ланьꙗ (lanĭja), лании (lanii), лань (lanĭ), алъния (alŭnija)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: алънии (alŭnii)
      Glagolitic: ⰰⰾⱏⱀⰻⰻ (alŭnii)
    • Slovene: lanjec
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*òlni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368: “f. ā (a) ‘doe’”
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