Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golěno

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 reconstructions

  • *goleno (per ESSJa)

Etymology

See *gȍlěnь.

Noun

*gȍlěno n

  1. alternative form of *gȍlěnь (“shin, shank”)

Declension

Declension of *gȍlěno (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *gȍlěno *gȍlěně *golěnà
genitive *gȍlěna *golěnù *golě̃nъ
dative *gȍlěnu *golěnomà *golěnòmъ
accusative *gȍlěno *gȍlěně *golěnà
instrumental *gȍlěnъmь, *gȍlěnomь* *golěnomà *golěný
locative *gȍlěně *golěnù *golěně̃xъ
vocative *golěno *gȍlěně *golěnà

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: го́лено (góleno), голя́на f (goljána) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: го́лен m (gólen) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (rare)
      Cyrillic script: го̏ле̄н m
      Cyrillic script: го̏ле̄н m
    • Slovene: goléno (tonal orthography) (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: holeno

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1979), “*golenь/*goleno”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 6 (*e – *golva), Moscow: Nauka, page 201
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