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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gleznъ
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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
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Both Derksen and Trubachyov point a relation with Old Norse klakkr (“lump”), which would make the lemma a descendant of proto-Indo-European *gleǵ- (see Russian глаз (glaz, “ball, eye”) for further etymology).
Given the doublet forms of the Slavic term (with a short and a long root grade) it is possible that the lemma ultimately descends from the compound *gel- (“bare, cold”) + *ǵénus (“knee, chin”) (in 0-grade), where the forms with a long grade were affected by Winter's law while those with a short grade were not. If correct, then the word would originally have meant bare joint, following a similar line of logic as *golěnь (“shinbone”) which meant bare bone.
Declension
Declension of *gleznъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gleznъ | *glezna | *glezni |
| Accusative | *gleznъ | *glezna | *glezny |
| Genitive | *glezna | *gleznu | *gleznъ |
| Locative | *glezně | *gleznu | *glezněxъ |
| Dative | *gleznu | *gleznoma | *gleznomъ |
| Instrumental | *gleznъmь, *gleznomь* | *gleznoma | *glezny |
| Vocative | *glezne | *glezna | *glezni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Alternative forms
- *glezna
- *glezno
- *glěznь
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: глѣзнъ (glěznŭ)
- Ukrainian: глезень (hlezenʹ)
- South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic: глезнъ (gleznŭ)
- Bulgarian: глезен (glezen)
- Macedonian: глезен (glezen)
- Serbo-Croatian: гле̏жањ
- Slovene: gležen
- West Slavic:
- Czech: hlezno
- Polish: glozna
Further reading
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1979), “*gleznъ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 06, Moscow: Nauka, page 118
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “глаз”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*glezna; *glezno; *gleznъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 163: “f. ā; n. o; m. o ‘ankle(-bone)’”
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