Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ladъ

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

Unknown. Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”) is suggested as a cognate. If not, might be related to root *la- of Proto-Slavic *lagoda (“carelessness, pleasure”).

Noun

*ladъ m

1. harmony, order

Inflection

Declension of *ladъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ladъ	*làda	*làdi
genitive	*làda	*làdu	*làdъ
dative	*làdu	*làdoma	*làdomъ
accusative	*ladъ	*làda	*làdy
instrumental	*làdъmь, *làdomь*	*làdoma	*làdȳ
locative	*làdě	*làdu	*làdě̄xъ
vocative	*làde	*làda	*làdi

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

Derived terms

• *lada (“husband, consort”)
• *laditi (“to concur”)
• *ladьnъjь (“nice looking, attractive”)
• *Ladoměrъ, *Ladomirъ
• *lаdъkъ (“nice”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: ладъ (ladŭ)
    • Belarusian: лад (lad)
    • Russian: лад (lad)
    • Ukrainian: лад (lad)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лад (dialectal)

    Latin script: lad (dialectal)

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lad
  • Polish: ład

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́д”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress