Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lože

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 *logʰ-yo-m, from *legʰ- (“to lie down”). Equivalent to *logъ (“base, lair”) +‎ *-je. Cognate with Ancient Greek λόχος (lókhos), Proto-Germanic *lagą.^[1]

Noun

*ložè n^[1]^[2]

bed

Inflection

Declension of *ložè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ložè	*lòži	*lòža
genitive	*ložà	*ložu	*lòžь
dative	*ložù	*ložema	*lòžemъ
accusative	*ložè	*lòži	*lòža
instrumental	ložь̀mь, ložèmь^*	*ložema	*lòži
locative	*ložì	*ložu	*lòžixъ
vocative	*ložè	*lòži	*lòža

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

Related terms

*leťi (“to lie (down)”)
*ležàti (“to lie”)
*lěgati (“to lie”)
*lonò (“breast, lap”)
*ložesno (“womb”)
*ložiti (“to lay”)
*lȏgъ (“lair, riverbed”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- ⇒ Belarusian: ло́жак (lóžak)
- Russian: ло́же (lóže)
- Ukrainian: ло́же (lóže)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: ложе (lože)
  
  Glagolitic: ⰾⱁⰶⰵ (lože)
- Bulgarian: ло́же (lóže)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ложе
  
  Latin script: lože
- Slovene: lọ́žе (obsolete)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lože
  - Czech: lože (literary)
- Polish: łoże
- ⇒ Slovak: ložko
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: łоžо
  - Upper Sorbian: łоžо

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lože”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287: “n. jo ‘bed’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “?lože”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b seng (PR 135)”

[EDSIL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lože”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287: “n. jo ‘bed’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “?lože”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “b seng (PR 135)”

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