Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫtъ

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

• *lǫto n
• *lǫtь f (i-stem), *lǫta f (a-stem)

Etymology

Akin to Lithuanian lentà (“plank”), Latvian lenta (“id.”) and probably further related to Proto-Germanic *linþaz (“flexible”), Latin lentus (“sticky, pliant”), Albanian lëndë (“timber”).

Noun

*lǫtъ m

1. soft bast, fibre

   Coordinate terms: *lyko, *kora

Declension

Declension of *lǫtъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lǫtъ	*lǫta	*lǫti
genitive	*lǫta	*lǫtu	*lǫtъ
dative	*lǫtu	*lǫtoma	*lǫtomъ
accusative	*lǫtъ	*lǫta	*lǫty
instrumental	*lǫtъmь, *lǫtomь*	*lǫtoma	*lǫty
locative	*lǫtě	*lǫtu	*lǫtěxъ
vocative	*lǫte	*lǫta	*lǫti

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *lǫtina
• *lǫtъkъ m, *lǫtъka f, *lǫtica f

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: лут (lut)
  • Russian: лут (lut)
  • Ukrainian: лут (lut)
• South Slavic:
  • ⇒? Serbo-Croatian: (probably)

    Cyrillic script: лу́так

    Latin script: lútak

  • Slovene: lọt (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lut (dialectal)
    • ⇒ Czech: loutka
  • Polish: łęt (“plant stem”)
  • Slovincian: łąt

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫtъ/*lǫto/*lǫta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150