Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolnь

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 *dalˀnāˀ or *delˀnāˀ. Cognate with Latvian dęl̃nа, Latgalian dalna, Lithuanian délna, délnas.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to divide”) through the initial meaning carved, rasped surface. Doubted by Derksen.

Noun

*dòlnь f

1. palm of the hand

Inflection

Declension of *dòlnь (i-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*dòlnь	*dòlni	*dòlni
genitive	*dòlnī	*dòlnьju, *dòlňu*	*dòlnьjь, *dòlnī*
dative	*dòlni	*dòlnьma	*dòlnьmъ
accusative	*dòlnь	*dòlni	*dòlni
instrumental	*dòlnьjǫ, *dòlňǭ*	*dòlnьma	*dòlnьmī
locative	*dòlnī	*dòlnьju, *dòlňu*	*dòlnьxъ
vocative	*dolni	*dòlni	*dòlni

^* 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

• *dolka (“fur”) (possibly)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: долонь (dolonĭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: доло́нь (dolónʹ)
      • Belarusian: дало́нь (dalónʹ)
      • Ukrainian: доло́ня (dolónja), доло́нь (dolónʹ)
    • Russian: ладо́нь (ladónʹ, metathesis); до́лонь (dólonʹ) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Glagolitic script: ⰴⰾⰰⱀⱐ (dlanĭ)

    Old Cyrillic script: длань (dlanĭ)

    • Bulgarian: длан (dlan)
    • ⇒ Macedonian: дланка (dlanka)
    • → Old East Slavic: длань (dlanĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: длань (dlanʹ)
      • Russian: длань (dlanʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: дла̏н

    Latin script: dlȁn

  • Slovene: dlȃn (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dlan
    • Czech: dlaň
  • Old Polish: dłoń
    • Polish: dłoń
    • Silesian: dłōń
  • Old Slovak: dlaň, dlaňa
    • Pannonian Rusyn: длань (dlanʹ)
    • Slovak: dlaň
  • Polabian: dlan
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: dłóń
    • Slovincian: dlóń
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: dłoń
    • Upper Sorbian: dłóń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ладонь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “длан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 399