Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čelnъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Of undetermined origin; perhaps from *čeliti (“to cut, to abate”) + *-nъ, itself of unknown origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook, to shape”).
Noun
*čȇlnъ m[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *čȇlnъ | *čȇlna | *čȇlni |
| genitive | *čȇlna | *čelnù | *čẽlnъ |
| dative | *čȇlnu | *čelnomà | *čelnòmъ |
| accusative | *čȇlnъ | *čȇlna | *čȇlny |
| instrumental | *čȇlnъmь, *čȇlnomь* | *čelnomà | *čelný |
| locative | *čȇlně | *čelnù | *čelně̃xъ |
| vocative | *čelne | *čȇlna | *čȇlni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *čelnъkъ (“organ, part of the body”)
- *čelnьcь (“article”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
- Russian: челено́ (čelenó) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: челе́н (čelén)
- Old East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čelnъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “член”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress