elenъ

elenь; elenъ Grammatical information: m. jo; m. o Proto-Slavic meaning: `deer'

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Old Church Slavic:

jelenь (Ps. Sin., Supr.) `deer' [m jo]

Russian:

olén' `deer, stag-beetle' [m jo];

elén' (dial.) `deer, stag-beetle' [m jo]

Ukrainian:

ólen' `deer' [m jo];

jélen' (dial.) `deer' [m jo]

Czech:

jelen `deer, stag-beetle' [m o]

Slovak:

jeleň `deer, stag-beetle' [m jo]

Polish:

jeleń `deer' [m jo]

Serbo-Croatian:

jèlen `deer, stag-beetle' [m o];

jȅlen (Čak.) `deer, stag-beetle' [m o]

Slovene:

jélen `deer, stag-beetle' [m o], jelę́na [Gens]

Bulgarian:

jelén `deer' [m o]

Proto-Balto-Slavic reconstruction: elenios

Lithuanian:

elenis (Bretk.) `deer' [m io]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₁el-h₁en-i

IE meaning: deer

Certainty: +

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Other cognates:

Gk. ἔνελος (Hsch.) `young of the deer, fawn'

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Notes:

\{1\} If a metathesized form of ἔλενος < *h₁elh₁eno-.