Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klonъ

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.

Akin to Lithuanian klãnas (“puddle, depression”), klõnis (“vale”), dial. Latvian klans (“meadow, puddle”), possibly inherited from common Proto-Balto-Slavic *klánas (“bend, fold”) (met with slight reservation by Trubačev). Further origin perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook”), however, compare also Proto-Slavic *slonъ (“offset, protrusion”), considered a doublet by Mladenov (evincing for possibe dialectal variation *kl- ~ *ḱl-).

*klònъ m^[1]

1. slope, slant, tilt

   Synonyms: *katъ, *gybъ, *krivina

• *kloniti (“to slant, to lean, to verge”), *kloniti sę (“to bow”)
• *naklonъ (“gradient, inclination”)
• *otъklonъ, *orzklonъ (“deviation, divergence”)
• *perklonъ, *poklonъ, *priklonъ (“bow, kneeling”)
• *sъklonъ (“slope, acclivity”)
• *uklonъ (“inclination”)
• *zaklonъ (“covert”)

• *klęti (“to curse”)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: клон (klon) (dialectal)
  • Russian: клон (klon) (in North-Eastern dialects (Vologda, Arkhangelsk))
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: клон (klon, “proclivity”) (dialectal, attested in folk songs)
  • Slovene: klòn (“inclination”) (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klon (“bend, fold; proclivity; cell”) (dialectal)
  • Polish: kłon (“bow”) (dialectal)
  • Sorbian:
    • ⇒ Lower Sorbian: kłonk (“cell, case”)
    • ⇒ Upper Sorbian: kłónk (“cell”)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*klonъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 68
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клон²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 464
• “klanas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Per Mladenov, Skok, Vasmer: related to Etymology 1, probably postverbal from Proto-Slavic *kloniti (“to diverge, to arch outwards”). Has been also compared to Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”), but per Trubačev (ESSJa) borrowing is unlikely.

*klonъ m

1. branch, twig

   Synonyms: *grana, *větvь, *rozga, *galǫzь

• *kloniti sę (“to branch off, to furcate (for twigs)”)
• *klonъka, *klonьcь (diminutive)
• *klonikъ (“bough”)
• *kloňakъ, *klonьje (“branching, cluster of twigs”) (collective)
• *kloněstъ, *klonovatъ (“twigy”)

• *klenъ (“maple”) (possibly)
• *klęčь (“wand, stick”) (possibly)

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: клон (klon)
  • >? Macedonian: клон (klon, “filial”) (could be borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn))
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: klon (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Czech: kloník (“bough”) (dialectal)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “клон¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 464