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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 *lendʰ-. Cognates include Latin lumbus, Proto-Germanic *landį̄, Sanskrit रन्ध्र (rándhra).

Noun

*lędvьje n

  1. loins

Inflection

Declension of *lędvьje (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lędvьje *lędvьji *lędvьja
genitive *lędvьja *lędvьju *lędvьjь
dative *lędvьju *lędvьjema *lędvьjemъ
accusative *lędvьje *lędvьji *lędvьja
instrumental *lędvьjьmь, *lędvьjemь* *lędvьjema *lędvьji
locative *lędvьji *lędvьju *lędvьjixъ
vocative *lędvьje *lędvьji *lędvьja

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

Alternative forms

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lędvьje; *lędvьja”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 276:n. io; f. iā ‘loins’