Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/slina
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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 *sleʔinaʔ, from Proto-Indo-European *sleh₁y-n-eh₂. Cognate with Latvian sliẽnas, Proto-Germanic *slīmą, Albanian llënjëz.
Noun
*slìna f[1]
Declension
Declension of *slìna (hard a-stem, accent paradigm a)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *slìna | *slìně | *slìny |
| genitive | *slìny | *slìnu | *slìnъ |
| dative | *slìně | *slìnama | *slìnamъ |
| accusative | *slìnǫ | *slìně | *slìny |
| instrumental | *slìnojǫ, *slìnǭ** | *slìnama | *slìnamī |
| locative | *slìně | *slìnu | *slìnasъ, *slìnaxъ* |
| vocative | *slìno | *slìně | *slìny |
* -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
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сли́на́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*slìna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 453: “f. ā (a) ‘saliva’”