Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ložesno
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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 *legʰ-. For semantic shift to "womb", compare Ancient Greek λέχος (lékhos, “bedstead, marriage”), λόχιος (lókhios, “pertaining to child-birth”).
Noun
*ložesno n
Inflection
Declension of *ložesno (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ložesno | *ložesně | *ložesna |
| genitive | *ložesna | *ložesnu | *ložesnъ |
| dative | *ložesnu | *ložesnoma | *ložesnomъ |
| accusative | *ložesno | *ložesně | *ložesna |
| instrumental | *ložesnъmь, *ložesnomь* | *ložesnoma | *ložesny |
| locative | *ložesně | *ložesnu | *ložesněxъ |
| vocative | *ložesno | *ložesně | *ložesna |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *leťi (“to lie (down)”)
- *ležàti (“to lie”)
- *lěgati (“to lie”)
- *lȏgъ (“lair, riverbed”)
- *lonò (“breast, lap”)
- *lože (“bed”)
- *ložiti (“to lay”)
Descendants
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*ložesno”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287