Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loťika
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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
Borrowed in the 7th–8th century from the Dalmatian version of Latin lactūca. Borrowed into East Slavic only by horticulturalists in late Medieval times as Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian лату́к (latúk).
Noun
*loťika f
- salad plant from the Cichorieae tribe of the Asteraceae
- lettuce (Lactuca spp.)
- nipplewort (Lapsana spp.)
Inflection
Declension of *loťika (hard a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *loťika | *loťicě | *loťiky |
| genitive | *loťiky | *loťiku | *loťikъ |
| dative | *loťicě | *loťikama | *loťikamъ |
| accusative | *loťikǫ | *loťicě | *loťiky |
| instrumental | *loťikojǫ, *loťikǫ** | *loťikama | *loťikami |
| locative | *loťicě | *loťiku | *loťikasъ, *loťikaxъ* |
| vocative | *loťiko | *loťicě | *loťiky |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loktika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 7
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лочи́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress