Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poklonъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
Deverbal of *pokloniti.
Noun
*poklonъ m
- bow (as in bowing down)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *poklonъ | *poklona | *pokloni |
| genitive | *poklona | *poklonu | *poklonъ |
| dative | *poklonu | *poklonoma | *poklonomъ |
| accusative | *poklonъ | *poklona | *poklony |
| instrumental | *poklonъmь, *poklonomь* | *poklonoma | *poklony |
| locative | *pokloně | *poklonu | *pokloněxъ |
| vocative | *poklone | *poklona | *pokloni |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: pokłon
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1967) “клонить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 253