Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glěnь

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

  • *glěnъ m

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gláiˀnis, from Proto-Indo-European *gloh₁i-ni-s, from *gleh₁y- (“to smear, stick”).[1]

Noun

*glěnь f[1]

  1. loam, clay

Inflection

Declension of *glěnь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *glěnь *glěni *glěni
genitive *glěni *glěnьju, *glěňu* *glěnьjь, *glěni*
dative *glěni *glěnьma *glěnьmъ
accusative *glěnь *glěni *glěni
instrumental *glěnьjǫ, *glěňǫ* *glěnьma *glěnьmi
locative *glěni *glěnьju, *glěňu* *glěnьxъ
vocative *glěni *glěni *glěni

* 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).

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: глѣнъ m (glěnŭ)
      • Russian: глень f (glenʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      • Russian Church Slavonic: глѣнъ m (glěnŭ)
    • Bulgarian: глен f (glen) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: glę̂n m
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*glěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163
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