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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

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Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ладонь”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & 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, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “длан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, 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, →ISSN, 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 slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “*dőlnь”
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