Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/elénjas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-h₁én-yos (e-grade), *h₁ol-h₁én-yos (o-grade), from *h₁el- (“deer, elk”). By surface analysis, *elṓ +‎ *-jas. Cognate with Old Armenian եղն (ełn, “hind”).

Noun

*elénjas m[1][2][3]

  1. alternative form of *elṓ (“deer”)

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Latvian: al̂nis
    • Old Lithuanian: elenis, élnis, elnỹs
  • Proto-Slavic: *elèňь (jo-stem) (see there for further descendants)
    • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *elènь (i-stem); *elènъ (o-stem) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ EDBIL, page 152: “elenis”, “BSl. *elenios”, “PSl. *elenь”, “*elenъ”, “PIE *h₁el-h₁en(-i)-”
  2. ^ EDSIL, page 140: “*eleņь”, “*elenъ”, “BSl. *elenios”, “PIE *h₁el-h₁en-i”
  3. ^ BSW, page 68‒69: “elen-”

Further reading

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