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

  1. womb

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.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ложесно (ložesno, womb)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

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