Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/odolěnъ

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

*odolěnъ

Etymology

From *odolěti (“to defeat, to discomfit”) +‎ *-nъ, so called because of its use to vanquish diseases. One can see its motivation in Latin valeriana understood as from valēre (“to be strong (sc. against an ailment)”). Roger Bernard even reports a Slavo-Latinate hybridism Odeljanus.

Noun

*odolěnъ m

valerian (Valeriana officinalis)

Declension

Declension of *odolěnъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*odolěnъ	*odolěna	*odolěni
Accusative	*odolěnъ	*odolěna	*odolěny
Genitive	*odolěna	*odolěnu	*odolěnъ
Locative	*odolěně	*odolěnu	*odolěněxъ
Dative	*odolěnu	*odolěnoma	*odolěnomъ
Instrumental	odolěnъmь, odolěnomь^*	*odolěnoma	*odolěny
Vocative	*odolěne	*odolěna	*odolěni

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: одолѣ́нь m (odolě́nʹ), одолѣ́й (odolě́j), одолѣ́я (odolě́ja)
- Ukrainian: одоля́н (odolján)
  - → Romanian: odolean
South Slavic:
- ⇒ Bulgarian: диля̀нка (diljànka), деля̀нка (deljànka), деля̀н (deljàn)
- Slovene: odolȋn
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: одо̀љен, одо̀љан, одо̀лен, до̀љен
  
  Latin: odòljen, odòljan, odòlen, dòljen
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: odolěn
  - Czech: odolen
- Polish: odolan
- Slovak: odolen