Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/selzenь

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 a tentative Proto-Indo-European *s(p)lēǵʰ-n- ~ *s(p)leh₁ǵʰ-n- (“spleen”),[1] from a root *spleǵʰ-, heavily distorted, likely for taboo reasons. Compare Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spər^əzan) and Lithuanian blužnìs

Noun

*selzenь f

spleen, milt

Derived terms

*slězinь

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: селязёнка (sjeljazjónka)
- ⇒ Russian: селезёнка (selezjónka)
- ⇒ Ukrainian: селезі́нка (selezínka)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: слѣзена (slězena)
- Bulgarian: сле́зка (slézka)
- Macedonian: слезина (slezina)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: слезѝна, слезѐна
  
  Latin script: slezìna, slezèna
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: slezina
  - Czech: slezina
- Kashubian: słodzëna
- Old Polish: słodzona
  - Polish: śledziona
- Slovak: slezina

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπλήν, σπληνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1385

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “селезёнка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lien”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σπλήν, σπληνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1385