òlni

òlni Grammatical information: f. ī Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `doe'

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Old Church Slavic:

alъnii (Supr.) `does' [Genpf iā] \{1\}

Russian:

lan' `fallow deer, doe' [f i]

Czech:

laň `doe' [f i/jā]

Old Czech:

laní `doe' [f iā]

Slovak:

laň `doe' [f i/jā]

Old Polish:

ɫani `doe' [f iā];

ɫania `doe' [f jā]

Serbo-Croatian:

làne `doe' [f jā]

Bulgarian:

álne (dial.) `young chamois' [f jā]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: ol-Hn-

Lithuanian:

élnis (arch.) `deer' [m io];

álnis (dial.) `deer' [m io] 1;

élnias `deer' [m jo] 1/3;

élnė `doe' [f ē] 1;

álnė (dial.) `doe' [f ē] 1

Latvian:

al̂nis `elk' [m io]

Old Prussian:

alne (EV) `?deer'

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁ol-Hn-iH-

IE meaning: deer

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Other cognates:

Gk. ἐλλός (Hom.) `young of the deer, fawn'

;

ἔλαφος `deer'

\{2\};

Arm. eɫn `deer'

;

MIr. ailit `doe, hind' [f], ailte [Gens];

MIr. elit `doe, hind' [f], eilte [Gens] \{3\};

MW elein `young deer, doe, hind-calf' [f/m], alanet [Nom p] `young deer, doe, hind-calf' \{4\}

Notes:

\{1\} Provided that this is the correct reading of mьnii. \{2\} Probably < *h₁el-n-bʰo-. Like the Armenian word mentioned below, this form does not contain the "Hoffmann-suffix". \{3\} According to Schrijver (1995: 79) < PIE *el-(H)n + t-iH or *el-en + t-iH. \{4\} MW elein, MoW elain may reflect PIE *(h₁)el-Hn- or *(h₁)el-n̥-i̯ (Schrijver 1995: 79).