олень
Russian
noun+
Definitions
- deer
- buck, stag male deer
- (colloquial) dimwit, fool, narrow-minded individual
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Slavic *(j)elenь derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el-(h₁)en- (elk, red deer), *h₁el- (deer, a kind of bird, red deer, elk, brown, red, swan, drive, move, go).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁el-
Gloss
deer, a kind of bird, red deer, elk, brown, red, swan, drive, move, go
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鹿
Emoji
🦌
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- olor Latin
- ἐλαύνω Ancient Greek
- *h₁el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁el-(h₁)en- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁él-h₁ēn Proto-Indo-European
- *alkǭ Proto-Germanic
- *elh- Proto-Germanic
- jeleń Polish
- *(j)elenь Proto-Slavic
- *olsь Proto-Slavic
- *ȏlsь Proto-Slavic
- jelen Serbo-Croatian
- јелен Serbo-Croatian
- եղն Old Armenian
- եղնորթ Old Armenian
- *eli- Proto-Celtic
- олень Ukrainian
- *Hŕ̥ćyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- jeleň Slovak
- алень Belarusian
- jelen Slovene
- ѥлень Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- elnias Lithuanian