Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/odolěnъ

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

Etymology

From *odolěti (“to defeat, to discomfit”) +‎ *-nъ, so called because of its use to vanquish diseases. One can see its motivation in Latin valeriana understood as from valēre (“to be strong (sc. against an ailment)”). Roger Bernard even reports a Slavo-Latinate hybridism Odeljanus.

Noun

*odolěnъ m

  1. valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

Declension

Declension of *odolěnъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *odolěnъ *odolěna *odolěni
genitive *odolěna *odolěnu *odolěnъ
dative *odolěnu *odolěnoma *odolěnomъ
accusative *odolěnъ *odolěna *odolěny
instrumental *odolěnъmь, *odolěnomь* *odolěnoma *odolěny
locative *odolěně *odolěnu *odolěněxъ
vocative *odolěne *odolěna *odolěni

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

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: одолѣ́нь m (odolě́nʹ), одолѣ́й (odolě́j), одолѣ́я (odolě́ja)
    • Ukrainian: одоля́н (odolján), оделя́н (odelján)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • “Proto-Slavic/odolěnъ”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • Bernard, Roger (1951) “Étymologies bulgares”, in Revue des Études Slaves‎[1] (in French), volume 21, pages 31–32
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