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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolnь
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dalˀnāˀ or *delˀnāˀ. Cognate with Latvian dęl̃nа, Latgalian dalna, Lithuanian délna, délnas.
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to divide”) through the initial meaning carved, rasped surface.[1] Doubted by Derksen.[2]
Inflection
Declension of *dòlnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *dòlnь | *dòlni | *dòlni |
| Accusative | *dòlnь | *dòlni | *dòlni |
| Genitive | *dòlnī | *dòlnьju, *dòlňu* | *dòlnьjь, *dòlnī* |
| Locative | *dòlnī | *dòlnьju, *dòlňu* | *dòlnьxъ |
| Dative | *dòlni | *dòlnьma | *dòlnьmъ |
| Instrumental | *dòlnьjǫ, *dòlňǭ* | *dòlnьma | *dòlnьmī |
| Vocative | *dolni | *dòlni | *dòlni |
* 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).
Related terms
- *dolka (“fur”) (possibly)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ладонь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “длан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 399
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2013), “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 79 of 75–102
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*dòlnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “f. i (a) ‘palm of the hand’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolnь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “dlȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”
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