Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/glina
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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 *gléiˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian gléinė (“moist clay”). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek γλία (glía, “loam”), γλίνη (glínē, “loam”).
Noun
Declension
Declension of *glìna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a, uncountable)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | *glìna |
| genitive | *glìny |
| dative | *glìně |
| accusative | *glìnǫ |
| instrumental | *glìnojǫ, *glìnǭ** |
| locative | *glìně |
| vocative | *glìno |
* -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).
Related terms
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “глина”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*glìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 164: “f. ā (a) ‘clay’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “glina gliny”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 75, 137, 155, 187; PR 132; RPT 107, 111)”