Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/xlěvъ

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

Borrowed from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *hlēw, from earlier *hlaiw (shelter),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱloyw-ó-s, from the root *ḱley- (to cover, shelter). Cognate with Proto-Balto-Slavic *klaiwás, *šlaiwás (bent, crooked), whence Lithuanian klei̇̃vas, šlei̇̃vas (bow-legged), Latvian klèivs (bent).

Noun

*xlě̃vъ m[2][1][3]

  1. pen, stable, sty
    Synonyms: *staja, *oborъ

Inflection

Declension of *xlě̃vъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *xlě̃vъ *xlě̄và *xlě̄vì
genitive *xlě̄và *xlě̄vù *xlě̃vъ
dative *xlě̄vù *xlě̄vòma *xlě̄vòmъ
accusative *xlě̃vъ *xlě̄và *xlě̄vỳ
instrumental *xlě̄vъ̀mь, *xlě̄vòmь* *xlě̄vòma *xlě̃vy
locative *xlě̄vě̀ *xlě̄vù *xlě̃věxъ
vocative *xlěve *xlě̄và *xlě̄vì

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

Derived terms

  • *xlěvařь, *xlěvьcь (agent nouns)
  • *xlěvina, *xlěvьňa (augmentatives)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: хлѣвъ (xlěvŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: хлѣве (xlěve)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: хлѣвъ (xlěvŭ)
    • Bulgarian: хлев (hlev), хляв (hljav) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      • Cyrillic script: хљев, хли̏јев
      • Latin script: hljev, hlȉjev
    • Slovene: hlẹ̄v (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: chlév
    • Kashubian: chléw
    • Polabian: xlev
    • Old Polish: chlew
    • Slovak: chliev
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: chlěw
      • Upper Sorbian: khlěw

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “хлев”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*xlevъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 30
  • kleivas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Pronk-Tiethoff, Saskia E. (2013) The Germanic loanwords in Proto-Slavic[1], Amsterdam - New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 117:PSl. *xlěvъ ‘cattle shed, stable’ (AP B)
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “xlěvъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b stald (PR 134; RPT 98, 102)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “hlev”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *xlěvъ̏