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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olčьnъ

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *alˀkinas. Equivalent to *olkati (to be hungry) + *-ьnъ. Cognate with Latvian al̂kans (greedy, hungry), Lithuanian álkanas (sober), Old Prussian alkīns (sober).

Adjective

*òlčьnъ [1][2]

  1. hungry

Inflection

Alternative forms

  • *alьčьnъ

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ал(ъ)чьнъ (al(ŭ)čĭnŭ), алченъ (alčenŭ)
      • Russian: а́лчный (álčnyj) , а́лошной (álošnoj) (dialectal), а́лашный (álašnyj) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: альченъ (alĭčenŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⰰⰾⱐⱍⰵⱀⱏ (alĭčenŭ)
    • Bulgarian: а́лчен (álčen)
    • Macedonian: алчен (alčen)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ла̏чан
      Latin: lȁčan
    • Slovene: lačen
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lačný
    • Old Polish: łaczny
    • Slovak: lačný

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*òlčьnъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 366
  2. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 8: “*őlčьnъ”
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