Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lojь

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.

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“to slip, to slide, to stick”) or *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) (according to Snoj, alternatively *leh₁y- (“to release, to dissolve”)), with potential relatives Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”), Latin līmus (“mud”).

*lȍjь m^[1][2][3]

1. tallow, suet

• *lojьnъ (“tallowy”)

• *liti, *lьjati (“to pour, to drift away”) (possibly)
• *sъlojь (“layer”)
• *slimakъ (“slimy creature, snail/slug”)

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: лой (loj)
  • Russian: лой (loj)
  • Ukrainian: лій (lij)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Church Slavonic: лои (loi)
  • Bulgarian: лой (loj)
  • Macedonian: лој (loj)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ло̑ј

    Latin script: lȏj

    • Chakavian (Orbanići): lᵘȏj
    • Chakavian (Vrgada): lȏj
  • Slovene: lọ̑j (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lój
    • Czech: lůj
      • Bohemian (Chod dialect): loj
  • Polabian: lüj
  • Old Polish: łój
    • Polish: łój
  • Slovak: loj
  • Slovincian: lój
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: łój