Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫtъ

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 forms

  • *lǫto n
  • *lǫtь f (i-stem), *lǫta f (a-stem)

Etymology

Akin to Lithuanian lentà (“plank”), Latvian lenta (“id.”) and probably further related to Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“flexible”), Latin lentus (“sticky, pliant”), Albanian lëndë (“timber”).

Noun

*lǫtъ m

  1. soft bast, fibre
    Coordinate terms: *lyko, *kora

Declension

Declension of *lǫtъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lǫtъ *lǫta *lǫti
genitive *lǫta *lǫtu *lǫtъ
dative *lǫtu *lǫtoma *lǫtomъ
accusative *lǫtъ *lǫta *lǫty
instrumental *lǫtъmь, *lǫtomь* *lǫtoma *lǫty
locative *lǫtě *lǫtu *lǫtěxъ
vocative *lǫte *lǫta *lǫti

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

Derived terms

  • *lǫtina
  • *lǫtъkъ m, *lǫtъka f, *lǫtica f

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лут (lut)
    • Russian: лут (lut)
    • Ukrainian: лут (lut)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lut (dialectal)
    • Polish: łęt (“plant stem”)
    • Slovincian: łąt

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫtъ/*lǫto/*lǫta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150
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