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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/klětь

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 *klḗˀtis. Cognate with Latvian klẽts, Lithuanian klė́tis, Old Prussian clenan.

Noun

*klě̑tь f[1][2]

  1. the commonality in all the descendants, including some derived terms (closet, hut, cabin, cage, granary, cellar, barn), is that of a 'closed space'

Declension

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Alternative forms
  • *kletъ

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: клѣть (klětĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: клѣть (klětĭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰽⰾⱑⱅⱐ (klětĭ)
      • Church Slavonic (Russian recension): клѣть (klětĭ)
    • Bulgarian: клет (klet)
    • Macedonian: клет (klet), клед (kled)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: кли̏јет, Cyrillic script: крлетка
      Latin script: klȉjet, Latin script: krletka
    • Slovene: klẹ̑t (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1983), “*kletь/*kletъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 10 (*klepačь – *konь), Moscow: Nauka, page 25
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “клеть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*klětь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 224: “f. i”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “klětь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “f. c forrådskammer, bur (PR 138)”
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