Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laty

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Cognate with Lithuanian luõtas.

Noun

*laty f

1. pot

Declension

Declension of *laty (hard v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laty	*latъvi	*latъvi
genitive	*latъve	*latъvu	*latъvъ
dative	*latъvi	*latъvьma, *latъvama*	*latъvьmъ, *latъvamъ*
accusative	*latъvь	*latъvi	*latъvi
instrumental	*latъvьjǫ, *latъvľǫ**	*latъvьma, *latъvama*	*latъvьmi, *latъvami*
locative	*latъve	*latъvu	*latъvьxъ, *latъvaxъ*
vocative	*laty	*latъvi	*latъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: латꙑ (laty), латъвь (latŭvĭ)
    • Russian: ла́тка (látka)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Old Cyrillic script: латꙑ (laty), латъвь (latŭvĭ), латъва (latŭva), латъка (latŭka)

  • Bulgarian: ла́твица (látvica) (dialectal)
  • Slovene: látva, látvica (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: látka
  • Old Polish: łatka
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łacywa

References

Further reading

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