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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olkъtь
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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
From Pre-Slavic *olkъ (“ell”) + *-ъtь, ultimately from the 0-grade of Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l-. Cognate with Latvian ȩ̀lks (“elbow, bend”), Lithuanian alkū́nė (“elbow”), Old Prussian alkunis (“elbow”) and akin to Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē, “elbow”), Latin ulna (“elbow”), Old Armenian ողն (ołn, “spine, shoulder”), Proto-Celtic *olīnā, Proto-Germanic *alinō (“elbow”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haratníš (“elbow”).
Declension
Declension of *olkъtь (soft o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *olkъtь | *olkъta | *olkъti |
| Accusative | *olkъtь | *olkъta | *olkъtę̇ |
| Genitive | *olkъta | *olkъtu | *olkъtь |
| Locative | *olkъti | *olkъtu | *olkъtixъ |
| Dative | *olkъtu | *olkъtema | *olkъtemъ |
| Instrumental | *olkъtьmь, *olkъtemь* | *olkъtema | *olkъti |
| Vocative | *olkъtu | *olkъta | *olkъti |
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “ло́коть”, 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), “*ȍlkъtь; *ȍlkъtъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
- Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch, University of Vienna, page 8: “*ȏlkъtъ”
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