Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olni
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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 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *alˀnīˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHnih₂.
Baltic cognates include Lithuanian élnis (“deer”), álnis (“deer”), élnias (“deer”), élnė (“doe”), álnė (“doe”), Latvian alnis (“elk”) and Old Prussian alne (“deer?”).
Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, “deer-calf”), ἔλαφος (élaphos, “deer”), Old Armenian եղն (ełn) and Middle Irish ailit (“doe, hind”).
From the e-grade of the same Indo-European root also *elenь (“deer”), and from a different extension also *olsь (“elk”).
Declension
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *òlni | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
| Accusative | *olnьjǫ | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
| Genitive | *olnьję̇ | *olnьju | *olnьjь |
| Locative | *olnьjī | *olnьju | *olnьjāsъ |
| Dative | *olnьjī | *olnьjama | *olnьjāmъ |
| Instrumental | *olnьjējǫ, *olnьjǭ* | *olnьjama | *olnьjāmī |
| Vocative | *olnьje | *olnьji | *olnьję̇ |
Derived terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Old Cyrillic: алънии (alŭnij)
- Glagolitic: ⰰⰾⱏⱀⰻⰻ (alŭnii)
- Slovene: lanjec
- Old Church Slavonic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лань”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olni/*olnьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 70
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*òlni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368: “f. ā (a) ‘doe’”
Etymology 2
Relic locative case of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ól-h₁n- (“that, previous time”) (< *h₂el- (“alien, other”)), cognate with Latin ōlim (“at that time”). Suffix perhaps identical with n-extension of Lithuanian pérnai (“last year”), Latvian pērn (“last time”), Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“recent, previous”). According to some interpretations, may be a 0-grade of the root that has yielded Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos, “former time”).
Derived terms
- *olnьskъ (“of last year”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: лани (lani)
- Bulgarian: ла́ни (láni), ла́нье (lánje) (archaic, poetic)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: вла́ни (vláni, “in last year”), дола́ни (doláni, “until last year”), пола́ни (poláni, “two years ago”)
- Macedonian: лани (lani)
- ⇒ Macedonian: полани (polani, “two years ago”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: láni
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лони”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*lani”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 69
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “лани”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 306
- “pernai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “oln(i)”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c sidste år (PR 138)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “lani”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *olni̋”