Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/láišāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (“following, track; furrow”).

Noun

*láišāˀ f^[1]

bed (garden, field); furrow, row

Inflection

Declension of *láišāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*láišāˀ	*láišāiˀ	*láišās
Accusative	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾n	*láišāiˀ	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾s	*láišāu⁽ˀ⁾	*láišōn
Locative	*láišāiˀ	*láišāu⁽ˀ⁾	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*láišāi	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*láišāˀn	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*láišā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*láiša	*láišāiˀ	*láišās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- Lithuanian: lýsė, lýsvė, lysva, lýstė, lýsia (the acute accent is unexplained)
West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: lyso
Proto-Slavic: *lě̄xà (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1996) “lyso”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume III, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, page 75

[1] Mažiulis, Vytautas (1996) “lyso”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎ (in Lithuanian), volume III, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, page 75

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