Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęxъ

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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

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Etymology

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From earlier *lędxъ, from *lęděninъ (dweller of heath, uncultivated field) +‎ *-xъ.

Noun

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*lęxъ m[1]

  1. Hypocoristic form of *lęděninъ

Declension

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѧхъ (lęxŭ, Pole)
      • Old Ruthenian: лѧхъ (ljax), лєхъ (ljex)
        • Belarusian: лях (ljax)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: Лях (Ljax)
        • Ukrainian: лях (ljax)
        • Czech: Ľach (dialectal)
        • Polish: Lach
        • Romanian: leah
        • Ottoman Turkish: له (leh)
      • Russian: лях (ljax) (see there for further descendants)
      • Old Lithuanian:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lęxъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 57

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лях”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1970-1974) “Lach”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes IV: La—Łapucha, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 17