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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/golěnь
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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
Normally viewed as a derivative of *golъ (“bare, naked”) + *-ěnъ + *-jь. If so, the original meaning would have been bare bone. A similar logic may have been employed in the word *gleznъ (“ankle”) < *gel- (“bare, naked”) + *ǵénus (“knee, chin”) (in 0-grade), which would have meant bare joint.
Inflection
Declension of *gȍlěnь (i-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *gȍlěnь | *gȍlěni | *gȍlěni |
| Accusative | *gȍlěnь | *gȍlěni | *gȍlěni |
| Genitive | *golění | *golěnьjù, *golěňu* | *golěnь̀jь |
| Locative | *golění | *golěnьjù, *golěňu* | *gȍlěnьxъ |
| Dative | *gȍlěni | *golěnьmà | *gȍlěnьmъ |
| Instrumental | *golěnьjǫ́ | *golěnьmà | *golěnьmì |
| Vocative | *golěni | *gȍlěni | *gȍlěni |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “го́лень”, 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), “*golěnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174: “f. i ‘shin’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “golěnь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c skinneben (PR 138)”
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