Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kalina

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

Likely *kalъ (“mud, dirt”) +‎ *-ina, by the plant’s preference for wet, muddy places to grow.

Noun

*kalina f

snowball tree (Viburnum spp., especially Viburnum opulus)

Declension

Declension of *kalina (hard a-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*kalina	*kalině	*kaliny
Accusative	*kalinǫ	*kalině	*kaliny
Genitive	*kaliny	*kalinu	*kalinъ
Locative	*kalině	*kalinu	kalinasъ, kalinaxъ^*
Dative	*kalině	*kalinama	*kalinamъ
Instrumental	kalinojǫ, kalinǫ^**	*kalinama	*kalinami
Vocative	*kalino	*kalině	*kaliny

^* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
^** 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