Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loskъ

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.

Resultant noun from Proto-Slavic *loskati (“to slap, to bash”), either of expressive origin related to Etymology 2 or possibly from *logъ +‎ *-skъ (as per Горох.ua). Compare Bulgarian разло́г (razlóg, “hollow”), Russian лог (log, “ravine”), ложби́на (ložbína, “depression”).

*loskъ m

1. dell, hollow

   Synonyms: *dolъ, *propastь

• *loščina (augmentative)

• *loskati (“to slap, to bash”)
• *loskunъ (“debris, remnant”)
• *loskutъ (“flap, clout”)

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лоскъ (loskŭ)
    • Belarusian: лоск (losk), ло́скат (lóskat)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: лашчы́на (laščýna), лагчы́на (lahčýna)
    • Russian: лоск (losk) (dialectal лозг (lozg), instr. лозгом (lozgom))
      • ⇒ Russian: лощи́на (loščína)
    • Ukrainian: лоск (losk, “bump, unevenness, mess”) (probably)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: лощи́на (loščýna)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Losky f (toponym)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loskъ/*loska I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 87
• лоск «безладдя» in Горох.ua (Етимологія)

Onomatopoeic.

*loskъ m

1. flap, bang, shriek

• *loska f

• *loskotъ (“chatter”)

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лоска f

    Latin script: loska f

  • Slovene: lòsk (interjection)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loskъ/*loska II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 88