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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/elenь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

  • *oly (Verweij)
  • *eleňь (Derksen, jo-stem)
  • *elenъ (Derksen, o-stem)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁él-h₁ēn, from *h₁el- (red deer, elk).

Noun

*elỳ m[1]

  1. deer

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: олень (olenĭ)


Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*eleņь; *elenъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
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