Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lędvьje

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-Indo-European *lendʰ-. Cognates include Latin lumbus, Proto-Germanic *landį̄, Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra).

Noun

*lędvьje n^[1]

loins

Inflection

Declension of *lędvьje (soft o-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lędvьje	*lędvьji	*lędvьja
genitive	*lędvьja	*lędvьju	*lędvьjь
dative	*lędvьju	*lędvьjema	*lędvьjemъ
accusative	*lędvьje	*lędvьji	*lędvьja
instrumental	lędvьjьmь, lędvьjemь^*	*lędvьjema	*lędvьji
locative	*lędvьji	*lędvьju	*lędvьjixъ
vocative	*lędvьje	*lędvьji	*lędvьja

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Alternative forms

*lędvьja f

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: (archaic) ля́двея f sg (ljádveja)
- Ukrainian: лі́дви (lídvy)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѧдвьѩ f pl (lędvĭję)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱔⰴⰲⱐⱗ (lędvĭję)
- ⇒ Bulgarian: (dialectal) ле́джа (lédža, “lineage, generation”)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ле́ђа n pl, ле̏два n pl, ле̏два f sg
  
  Latin script: léđa n pl, lȅdva n pl, lȅdva f sg
- Slovene: ledija f sg, ledeja f sg, ledevje n sg, ledovje n sg, ledje n sg, ledje f pl, ledvije f pl.
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: ledvie
  - Czech: (archaic) ledví n sg, (archaic) ladví n sg
- Polish: lędźwie f pl
- Slovak: (archaic) ľadvie n sg, ľadva f sg
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: ledźba
  - Lower Sorbian: laźwjo

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lędvьje; *lędvьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276: “n. io; f. iā ‘loins’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lędvьje; *lędvьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276: “n. io; f. iā ‘loins’”

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