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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slonъ
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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 1
Most likely related to Turkish aslan (“lion”); Witczak (2013) cites many parallel cases of semantic spread between different exotic animals in Indo-European.[1] If not, perhaps a deverbative from *sloniti (“to lean against”), relating to the medieval story of an elephant sleeping leaning on a tree.
Declension
Declension of *slȍnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *slȍnъ | *slȍna | *slȍni |
| Accusative | *slȍnъ | *slȍna | *slȍny |
| Genitive | *slȍna | *slonù | *slònъ |
| Locative | *slȍně | *slonù | *sloně̃xъ |
| Dative | *slȍnu | *slonomà | *slonòmъ |
| Instrumental | *slȍnъmь, *slȍnomь* | *slonomà | *sloný |
| Vocative | *slone | *slȍna | *slȍni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Verweij, Arno (1994), “Quantity Patterns of Substantives in Czech and Slovak”, in Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava (Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics), volume 22, Editions Rodopi B.V., page 526, 530
Etymology 2
According to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary, the form is a doublet of *klonъ (“offset, branch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱel- (“to crook, to bend”).
Inflection
Declension of *slonъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *slonъ | *slona | *sloni |
| Accusative | *slonъ | *slona | *slony |
| Genitive | *slona | *slonu | *slonъ |
| Locative | *sloně | *slonu | *sloněxъ |
| Dative | *slonu | *slonoma | *slonomъ |
| Instrumental | *slonъmь, *slonomь* | *slonoma | *slony |
| Vocative | *slone | *slona | *sloni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *sloniti (“to lean, to shed”)
- *slaněti (“to screen”)
- *podъslonъ (“shelter”)
- *zaslonъ (“shed”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Todorov T., editor (2010), “слон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 113
References
- Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak. Two Tocharian borrowings of Oriental origin. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hung. Volume 66 (4), 411–416 (2013). DOI: 10.1556/AOrient.66.2013.4.3
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “slonъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b/c elefant (PR 137)”
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “slȍn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*slonъ̏”
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