Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/selzenь

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 a tentative Proto-Indo-European *s(p)lēǵʰ-n- ~ *s(p)leh₁ǵʰ-n- (“spleen”), from a root *spleǵʰ-, heavily distorted, likely for taboo reasons. Compare Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spər^əzan) and Lithuanian blužnìs

Noun

*selzenь f

1. spleen, milt

Derived terms

• *slězinь

Declension

Declension of *selzenь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*selzenь	*selzeni	*selzeni
genitive	*selzeni	*selzenьju, *selzeňu*	*selzenьjь, *selzeni*
dative	*selzeni	*selzenьma	*selzenьmъ
accusative	*selzenь	*selzeni	*selzeni
instrumental	*selzenьjǫ, *selzeňǫ*	*selzenьma	*selzenьmi
locative	*selzeni	*selzenьju, *selzeňu*	*selzenьxъ
vocative	*selzeni	*selzeni	*selzeni

^* 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:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: селязёнка (sjeljazjónka)
  • ⇒ Russian: селезёнка (selezjónka)
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: селезі́нка (selezínka)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: слѣзена (slězena)

  • Bulgarian: сле́зка (slézka)
  • Macedonian: слезина (slezina)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: слезѝна, слезѐна

    Latin script: slezìna, slezèna

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: slezina
    • Czech: slezina
  • Kashubian: słodzëna
  • Old Polish: słodzona
    • Polish: śledziona
  • Slovak: slezina

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “селезёнка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lien”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN