Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/seľaninъ

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

Alternative reconstructions

  • *selěninъ

Etymology

From *selò +‎ *-janinъ.

Noun

*seľaninъ m

  1. villager; peasant; rustic

Declension

Declension of *seľaninъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *seľaninъ *seľanina *seľanini
genitive *seľanina *seľaninu *seľaninъ
dative *seľaninu *seľaninoma *seľaninomъ
accusative *seľaninъ *seľanina *seľaniny
instrumental *seľaninъmь, *seľaninomь* *seľaninoma *seľaniny
locative *seľanině *seľaninu *seľaniněxъ
vocative *seľanine *seľanina *seľanini

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: селꙗнинъ (seljaninŭ)
    • Old Novgorodian: селꙗнине (seljanine)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Glagolitic script: ⱄⰵⰾⱑⱀⰻⱀⱏ (selěninŭ)
      Old Cyrillic script: селꙗнинъ (seljaninŭ)
      • Church Slavonic: селꙗнинъ (seljaninŭ) (Serbian)
      • Bulgarian: се́лянин (séljanin)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: сѐљанин
      Latin script: sèljanin
    • Slovene: seljȃn (tonal orthography)

Further reading

  • ESSJa prosp., page 77: “*sedľan(in)ъ”