Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/listъ
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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
Cognate with Lithuanian laĩškas, láiškas (“letter”), Latvian laiska (“leaf of a flax stalk”), laiksne (“white water-lily”), and Old Prussian lāiskas (“book”). Baltic forms require pre-form of Proto-Balto-Slavic *laiskas, while Slavic forms require *leistas. Ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to let”).[1]
Noun
Inflection
Declension of *lȋstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *lȋstъ | *lȋsta | *lȋsti |
| genitive | *lȋsta | *listù | *lĩstъ |
| dative | *lȋstu | *listomà | *listòmъ |
| accusative | *lȋstъ | *lȋsta | *lȋsty |
| instrumental | *lȋstъmь, *lȋstomь* | *listomà | *listý |
| locative | *lȋstě | *listù | *listě̃xъ |
| vocative | *liste | *lȋsta | *lȋsti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- (Collective) *listarь, *listьje, *listva, *listvьje, *listovьje
- (Diminutive) *listъkъ, *listьcь
- (Having leaves) *listatъ, *listovatъ, *listvьnъ
- *listiti (“to leaf”)
- *listьnъ (“leaf”, adjective)
- *listognojь
- *listogryzъ
- *listojědъ
- *listopadъ
- *listopǫkъ
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лист”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*listъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 147
- Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/listъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 378
- “laiškas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laiškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 270–271
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lȋstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. o (c) ‘leaf ’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “listъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156, 177; PR 137); d (OSA 142f.; RPT 97, 102)”