Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lā́ˀwāˀ

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

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wéh₂, from *lewH- (“to cut”) +‎ *-éh₂, with accent retraction due to Hirt's law. Hirt's law was undone in the Latvian and West Slavic dialects. In Lithuanian dialects, the tendency to generalize the root accent prevailed. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Direct cognate with Proto-Germanic *lawwō (“groove”); other cognates include Sanskrit लू (lū, “to cut, sever”), Ancient Greek λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “to loosen, dissolve”), as well as, within Balto-Slavic, Lithuanian liáutis (“to cease”).^[1]

Noun

*lā́ˀwāˀ f

place to sleep
bench, bed

Inflection

Declension of *lā́ˀwāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lā́ˀwāˀ	*lā́ˀwāiˀ	*lā́ˀwās
Accusative	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾n	*lā́ˀwāiˀ	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾ns
Genitive	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾s	*lā́ˀwāu⁽ˀ⁾	*lā́ˀwōn
Locative	*lā́ˀwāiˀ	*lā́ˀwāu⁽ˀ⁾	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾su
Dative	*lā́ˀwāi	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾mā⁽ˀ⁾	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾mas
Instrumental	*lā́ˀwāˀn	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾māˀ	*lā́ˀwā⁽ˀ⁾mīˀs
Vocative	*lā́ˀwa	*lā́ˀwāiˀ	*lā́ˀwās

Descendants

East Baltic:
- ⇒ Latgalian: luova
- ⇒ Latvian: lāva
- ⇒ Lithuanian: lóva
Proto-Slavic: *lavà (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic: *luovē (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *lava (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lóva”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 364

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lóva”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 364

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