Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/dolnь

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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.[1] Doubted by Derksen.[2]

Noun

*dòlnь f[2][3][4]

1. palm of the hand

Inflection

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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*dòlnь	*dòlni	*dòlni
Accusative	*dòlnь	*dòlni	*dòlni
Genitive	*dòlnī	*dòlnьju, *dòlňu*	*dòlnьjь, *dòlnī*
Locative	*dòlnī	*dòlnьju, *dòlňu*	*dòlnьxъ
Dative	*dòlni	*dòlnьma	*dòlnьmъ
Instrumental	*dòlnьjǫ, *dòlňǭ*	*dòlnьma	*dòlnьmī
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:
  • Belarusian: дало́нь (dalónʹ)
  • Russian: ладо́нь (ladónʹ), до́лонь (dólonʹ) (regional)
  • Ukrainian: доло́ня (dolónja)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: длань (dlanĭ)
    • → Russian: длань (dlanʹ)
  • Bulgarian: длан (dlan)
  • ⇒ Macedonian: дланка (dlanka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic: дла̏н

    Latin: dlȁn

  • Slovene: dlȃn
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: dlan
    • Czech: dlaň
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): dláň
  • Polish: dłoń
  • Slovak: dlaň
  • Kashubian: dłóń
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: dłóń
    • Lower Sorbian: dłoń

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ладонь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1978), “*dolnь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 5 (*dělo – *dьržьlь), Moscow: Nauka, page 63
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “длан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 399

References

1. Matasović, Ranko (2013), “Substratum words in Balto-Slavic”, in Filologija, volume 60, Zagreb, published 2014, page 79 of 75–102
2. 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. Olander, Thomas (2001), “dolnь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (PR 132)”
4. Snoj, Marko (2016), “dlȃn”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar³ (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”