Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ely

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

Alternative forms

*olỳ (n-stem),^[1] *ȅlę,^[2] *eleňь (jo-stem),^[3] *elenь,^[4]^[5] *elenъ (o-stem)^[3]^[4]

Etymology

Eventually from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-h₁en (“red deer, elk”).^[4]^[6]

Noun

*elỳ m^[4]

deer

Declension

According to Klotz, initially, the form belonged to the consonant stem and accent paradigm a.^[5] According to Verweij, the form belongs to the accent paradigm b.^[1]

Declension of *elỳ (n-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*elỳ	*elèni	*elène
genitive	*elène	*elènu	*elènъ
dative	*elèni	*elènьma	*elènьmъ
accusative	*elènь	*elèni	*elèni
instrumental	*elènьmь	*elènьma	*elènьmī
locative	*elène	*elènu	*elènьxъ
vocative	*elỳ	*elèni	*elène

Related terms

nouns

*òlni f (“doe”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: олень (olenĭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: олень (olenʹ)
    - Belarusian: але́нь (aljénʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: о́лень (ólenʹ)
    - Ukrainian: о́лень (ólenʹ); о́лінь (ólinʹ), лінь (linʹ) (dialectal)
  - Russian: оле́нь (olénʹ); о́лень (ólenʹ) (dialectal) (see there for further descendants)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: ѥлень (jelenĭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⱗⰾⰵⱀⱐ (jęlenĭ)
  - Church Slavonic: елень (elenĭ) (Russian recension)
- Bulgarian: еле́н (elén)
- Macedonian: елен (elen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: јѐлен, јѐљен, јѐлин; је̏лен (dialectal)
  
  Latin script: jèlen, jèljen, jèlin; jȅlen (dialectal)
- Slovene: jélen (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: jelen
  - Czech: jelen; jeľeň (dialectal)
- Kashubian: jeléń
- Old Polish: jeleń
  - Polish: jeleń
    - → Old Ruthenian: єлень (jelenʹ)
  - Silesian: lelyń
- Old Slovak: jeleň
  - Pannonian Rusyn: єлень (jelenʹ)
  - Slovak: jeleň
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jeleń
  - Upper Sorbian: jeleń

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 540
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “jélen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*eleņь; *elenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*elenъ / *elenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 20
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*e̱leni”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 101
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253

[Verweij-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Verweij, Arno (1994) “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics)‎^[1], volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 540

[2] Snoj, Marko (2016) “jélen”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si

[EDSIL-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*eleņь; *elenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140

[ESSJa-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*elenъ / *elenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 20

[UW-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Klotz, Emanuel (2017) “*e̱leni”, in Urslawisches Wörterbuch [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in German), 1st edition, Wien: Facultas, →ISBN, page 101

[6] Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 253

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]