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 *dalˀniś, akin to e-grade *delˀnāˀ whence Latvian dęl̃nа, Latgalian dalna, Lithuanian délna, délnas.

The Balto-Slavic root is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, to divide”) through the initial meaning carved, rasped surface.^[1] Doubted by Derksen.^[2] Another theory by Kroonen tentatively connects Proto-Germanic *teldaną (“to cover”), with the Indo-European root reconstructed as *delH- (“to spread out”), without a specific identity for the laryngeal.^[3]

Noun

*dòlnь f^[2]^[4]^[5]

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

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 79 of 75–102
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòlnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “f. i (a) ‘palm of the hand’”
^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*telda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512: “*teldan-”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “dlȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2013) “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 79 of 75–102

[EDSIL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*dòlnь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111: “f. i (a) ‘palm of the hand’”

[3] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*telda-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512: “*teldan-”

[4] Olander, Thomas (2001) “dolnь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”

[5] Snoj, Marko (2016) “dlȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”

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