Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/žьlna
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *gilˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European root:
Cognate with Lithuanian gilnà (“green woodpecker”), Latvian dzil̂na (“woodpecker”)
Noun
*žьlna f
Declension
Declension of *žьlnà (hard a-stem, accent paradigm b)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *žьlnà | *žь̃lně | *žьlnỳ |
| genitive | *žьlnỳ | *žьlnù | *žь̃lnъ |
| dative | *žьlně̀ | *žьlnàma | *žьlnàmъ |
| accusative | *žьlnǫ̀ | *žь̃lně | *žьlnỳ |
| instrumental | *žьlnòjǫ, *žь̃lnǫ** | *žьlnàma | *žьlnàmī |
| locative | *žьlně̀ | *žьlnù | *žьlnàsъ, *žьlnàxъ* |
| vocative | *žьlno | *žь̃lně | *žьlnỳ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** 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).
** 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
- Church Slavonic: жлъна (žlŭna) (Russian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: жълна́ (žǎlná)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: žółna (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “žьlna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 565
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “желна”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “желна”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 296
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жълна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 563
- https://slovari.yandex.ru/~книги/Этимологический%20словарь/Желна/