Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/olni

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 1

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *álˀnīˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHnih₂.

    Baltic cognates include Lithuanian élnis (deer), álnis (deer), élnias (deer), élnė (doe), álnė (doe), Latvian alnis (elk) and Old Prussian alne (deer?).

    Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἑλλός (hellós, deer-calf), ἔλαφος (élaphos, deer), Old Armenian եղն (ełn) and Middle Irish ailit (doe, hind).

    From the e-grade of the same Indo-European root also *elenь (deer), and from a different extension also *olsь (elk).

    Noun

    *òlni f[1]

    1. doe
    Declension
    Declension of *òlni (ī-stem, accent paradigm a)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *òlni *olnьji *olnьję̇
    genitive *olnьję̇ *olnьju *olnьjь
    dative *olnьjī *olnьjama *olnьjāmъ
    accusative *olnьjǫ *olnьji *olnьję̇
    instrumental *olnьjējǫ, *olnьjǭ* *olnьjama *olnьjāmī
    locative *olnьjī *olnьju *olnьjāsъ
    vocative *olnьje *olnьji *olnьję̇

    * 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).

    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: ланьꙗ (lanĭja), ланиꙗ (lanija), лании (lanii)
        • Old Ruthenian: ла́ньꙗ (lánʹja), ла́нꙗ (lánja), лань (lanʹ)
          • Belarusian: лань (lanʹ); ла́ня (lánja) (dialectal)
          • Carpathian Rusyn: лань (lanʹ) (poetical)
          • Ukrainian: лань (lanʹ), ла́ня (lánja)
        • Russian: лань (lanʹ); ла́нья́ (lánʹjá) (dialectal)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Glagolitic script: ⰰⰾⱏⱀⰻⰻ (alŭnii)
        Old Cyrillic script: алънии (alŭnii)
        Old Cyrillic script: лани (lani), лань (lanĭ), ланиꙗ (lanija)
        • Old East Slavic: алъньꙗ (alŭnĭja), алъниꙗ (alŭnija)
    • West Slavic:

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*òlni”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 368:f. ā (a) ‘doe’

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лань”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*olni/*olnьjь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 70

    Etymology 2

      Relic locative case of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ól-h₁n- (that, previous time) (< *h₂el- (alien, other)), cognate with Latin ōlim (at that time). Suffix perhaps identical with n-extension of Lithuanian pérnai (last year), Latvian pērn (last time), Proto-Germanic *fernaz (recent, previous). According to some interpretations, may be a 0-grade of the root that has yielded Ancient Greek ἕνος (hénos, former time).

      Adverb

      *olni[1][2]

      1. last year
      Derived terms
      • *olnьskъ (of last year)
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “oln(i)”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c sidste år (PR 138)
      2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “lani”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *olni̋

      Further reading

      • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лони”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
      • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*lani”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 69
      • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лани”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 306
      • pernai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012