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]

deer

Declension

Declension of *elỳ (n-stem, accent paradigm b)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*elỳ	*elèni	*elène
Accusative	*elènь	*elèni	*elèni
Genitive	*elène	*elènu	*elènъ
Locative	*elène	*elènu	*elènьxъ
Dative	*elèni	*elènьma	*elènьmъ
Instrumental	*elènьmь	*elènьma	*elènьmī
Vocative	*elỳ	*elèni	*elène

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: олень (olenĭ)
  - Belarusian: але́нь (aljénʹ)
  - Russian: оле́нь (olénʹ)
  - Ukrainian: о́лень (ólenʹ), о́лінь (ólinʹ)

South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: ѥлень (jelenĭ)
  
  Glagolitic: ⱗⰾⰵⱀⱐ (jęlenĭ)
- Bulgarian: еле́н (elén)
- Macedonian: елен (elen)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: јѐлен
  
  Latin: jèlen
- Slovene: jélen (tonal orthography)

West Slavic:
- Czech: jelen
- Kashubian: jeléń
- Polish: jeleń
- Silesian: lelyń
- Slovak: jeleň
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: jeleń
  - Upper Sorbian: jeleń

References

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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[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