Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klenь

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

Etymology

Uncertain. It has been suggested to be in an ablaut relation to *klinъ (“wedge”). What speaks for it is that *trěska means “sliver, splinter” as well as “cod”.

Noun

*klenь m

  1. European chub (Leuciscus cephalus)

Inflection

Declension of *klenь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *klenь *kleni *klenьje, *kleňe*
genitive *kleni *klenьju, *kleňu* *klenьjь, *kleni*
dative *kleni *klenьma *klenьmъ
accusative *klenь *kleni *kleni
instrumental *klenьmь *klenьma *klenьmi
locative *kleni *klenьju, *kleňu* *klenьxъ
vocative *kleni *kleni *klenьje, *kleňe*

* 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:
    • Belarusian: клень (kljenʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: клень (klenʹ) (pre-1918: клѣнь (klěnʹ)), variant: клинь (klinʹ)
    • Ukrainian: клень (klenʹ), клінь (klinʹ), клен (klen) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: клен (klen), variant: клян (kljan) – pre-1945: клѣнъ (klěn)
    • Macedonian: клен (klen)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: klȅn, variant: клије̑н
      Cyrillic script: кле̏н, variant: klijȇn
    • Slovene: klèn, variant: klìn
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kleň, kleně
    • Polish: kleń
    • Slovak: kleň (dialectal)
    • Slovincian: kléń
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klenь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 9 (*jьz – *klenьje), Moscow: Nauka, page 195
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “klȅn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary]‎[1], 3rd edition, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 304
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