Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lyzgati

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

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lewǵ- (to slide). Compare Latvian lužas (hunting ski), Lithuanian šliū̃žės pl (sledges or carriages for carrying heavy loads), Dutch sluiken (to smuggle).

Verb

*lyzgati impf[1]

  1. (reflexive with *sę) to slide, to skate on ice

Inflection

Derived terms

nouns
nouns

Descendants

  • East Slavic
    • Belarusian: лы́згаць (lýzhacʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: лы́згать (lýzgatʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: ли́згам (lízgam) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: лизга (lizga)
    • Serbo-Croatian: (dialectal)
      Cyrillic script: лѝзгати
      Latin script: lìzgati
from *lъzgati
  • South Slavic
    • Bulgarian: лъ́згам (lǎ́zgam)
from *luzgati

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lyzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 58

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 255
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*luzgati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 214