Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęděninъ

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

Alternative forms

• *lęďaninъ

Etymology

From *lędo (“heath, uncultivated field”) +‎ *-ěninъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *linda, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

Noun

*lęděninъ m

1. dweller of heath, uncultivated field

Declension

Declension of *lęděninъ

Case	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*lęděninъ	*lęděnina	*lęděne
Accusative	*lęděninъ	*lęděnina	*lęděny
Genitive	*lęděninа	*lęděninu	*lęděnъ
Locative	*lęděnině	*lęděninu	*lęděnьxъ
Dative	*lęděninu	*lęděninoma	*lęděnьmъ
Instrumental	*lęděninomь	*lęděninoma	*lęděny
Vocative	*lęděnine	*lęděnina	*lęděne

Derived terms

nouns

• *lęxъ m (hypocoristic)

 

Descendants

• West Slavic:
  • Polish: Lędzanie pl, Lędzianie pl (“Lendians”)

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Old Hungarian: lengyen (“Pole”)
    • Hungarian: lengyel (“Pole”)
  • → Byzantine Greek: Λενζανηνοί (Lenzanēnoí), λενζενινοι (lenzeninoi, “Lendians”)
  • → Latin: Lendizi (“Lendians”)

Further reading

• 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) “lędzina”, 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 199