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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kľučь

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 *kljaukjas, from Proto-Indo-European *klewk-yo-s, from *kle(h₂)uk-, an extended form of *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, key, peg”). Equivalent to *kľuti (“to peck, to prickle”) +‎ *-čь. Cognate with Latin clāvis (“key”).

Noun

*kľũčь m[1][2]

  1. key

Declension
Declension of *kľũčь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *kľũčь *kľūčà *kľūčì
genitive *kľūčà *kľūčù *kľũčь
dative *kľūčù *kľūčèma *kľũčemъ
accusative *kľũčь *kľūčà *kľūčę̇̀
instrumental *kľūčь̀mь, *kľūčèmь* *kľūčèma *kľũči
locative *kľūčì *kľūčù *kľũčixъ
vocative *kľuču *kľūčà *kľūčì
* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ключ (ključ)
    • Russian: ключ (ključ)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: ключ (ključ)
    • Ukrainian: ключ (ključ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kļúčь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 226: “m. jo (b) ‘key’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “ključь ključa”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b nøgle (SA 126, 177; PR 134; MP 17; RPT 97, 101)”
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