From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *laukijas, from *laukīˀtei + *-jas. Morphologically analyzable as <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *lučiti + *-jьjь. *<span class="searchmatch">lùčьjь</span> better; comparative...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *auˀnijas, from *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”) *uňьjь better; comparative degree of *dobrъ *<span class="searchmatch">lučьjь</span> *gořьjь South <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old Church...
above. *gořьjь worse; comparative degree of *zъlъ *<span class="searchmatch">lučьjь</span> *uňьjь *lěpьjь East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: Old East <span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span>: гории (gorii), горьшии (gorĭšii) Old Ruthenian: го́рший...
*dьl- + *-jьjь → *dьľьjь *gor- + *-jьjь → *gořьjь *luk- + *-jьjь → *<span class="searchmatch">lučьjь</span> *mьn- + *-jьjь → *mьňьjь *nizъ + *-jьjь → *nižьjь *sold- + *-jьjь...
cognates) suggests <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ-ro-s. Cognate with Latvian dabravecis (“brave, prudent man”). *dòbrъ (comparative *<span class="searchmatch">lučьjь</span> or *uňьjь or *lěpьjь)...
From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Balto-<span class="searchmatch">Slavic</span> *laukis, from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *lowkis, from *lewk- (“white; light; bright”). Cognates include Old Prussian luckis (“torch,...