Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lože

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

From Proto-Indo-European *logʰ-yo-m, from *legʰ-. Equivalent to *logъ (“base, lair”) +‎ *-je. Cognate with Ancient Greek λόχος (lókhos), Proto-Germanic *lagą.

Noun

*ložè n

1. bed

Inflection

Declension of *ložè (soft o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ložè	*lòži	*lòža
genitive	*ložà	*ložu	*lòžь
dative	*ložù	*ložema	*lòžemъ
accusative	*ložè	*lòži	*lòža
instrumental	*ložь̀mь, *ložèmь*	*ložema	*lòži
locative	*ložì	*ložu	*lòžixъ
vocative	*ložè	*lòži	*lòža

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *leťi (“to lie (down)”)
• *ležàti (“to lie”)
• *lěgati (“to lie”)
• *lȏgъ (“lair, riverbed”)
• *lonò (“breast, lap”)
• *ložesno (“womb”)
• *ložiti (“to lay”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • ⇒ Belarusian: ло́жак (lóžak)
  • Russian: ло́же (lóže)
  • Ukrainian: ло́же (lóže)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: ложе (lože)

    Glagolitic: ⰾⱁⰶⰵ (lože)

  • Bulgarian: ло́же (lóže)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ложе

    Latin script: lože

  • Slovene: lọ́žе (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lože
    • Czech: lože (literary)
  • Polish: łoże
  • ⇒ Slovak: ložko
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łоžо
    • Upper Sorbian: łоžо

Further reading

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