Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/poklonъ

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

Deverbal of *pokloniti.

Noun

*poklonъ m

  1. bow (as in bowing down)

Declension

Declension of *poklonъ (hard o-stem)
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:
    • Old East Slavic: поклонъ (poklonŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: поклоне (poklone), поклоно (poklono), поколоно (pokolono)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

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