Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klinъ

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

Etymology

*kolti +‎ *-inъ, or with *klinǫti.

Noun

*klìnъ m[1][2]

  1. wedge, peg

Inflection

Declension of *klìnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *klìnъ *klìna *klìni
genitive *klìna *klìnu *klìnъ
dative *klìnu *klìnoma *klìnomъ
accusative *klìnъ *klìna *klìny
instrumental *klìnъmь, *klìnomь* *klìnoma *klìnȳ
locative *klìně *klìnu *klìně̄xъ
vocative *klìne *klìna *klìni

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: клинъ (klinŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: клинъ (klinŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⰻⱀⱏ (klinŭ)
    • Bulgarian: клин (klin)
    • Macedonian: клин (klin)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кли̏н
      Latin script: klȉn
    • Slovene: klȉn, klȋn (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “клин”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “klinъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 146, 155, 199; PR 131; MP 20, 26; RPT 97, 101)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “klȉn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*kli̋nъ