Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loskъ

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 1

Resultant noun from Proto-Slavic *loskati (“to slap, to bash”), either of expressive origin related to Etymology 2 or possibly from *logъ +‎ *-skъ (as per Горох.ua). Compare Bulgarian разло́г (razlóg, “hollow”), Russian лог (log, “ravine”), ложби́на (ložbína, “depression”).

Noun

*loskъ m

1. dell, hollow

   Synonyms: *dolъ, *propastь

Declension

Declension of *loskъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*loskъ	*loska	*losci
genitive	*loska	*losku	*loskъ
dative	*losku	*loskoma	*loskomъ
accusative	*loskъ	*loska	*losky
instrumental	*loskъmь, *loskomь*	*loskoma	*losky
locative	*loscě	*losku	*loscěxъ
vocative	*lošče	*loska	*losci

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

Derived terms

• *loščina (augmentative)

Related terms

• *loskati (“to slap, to bash”)
• *loskunъ (“debris, remnant”)
• *loskutъ (“flap, clout”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лоскъ (loskŭ)
    • Belarusian: лоск (losk), ло́скат (lóskat)
      • ⇒ Belarusian: лашчы́на (laščýna), лагчы́на (lahčýna)
    • Russian: лоск (losk) (dialectal лозг (lozg), instr. лозгом (lozgom))
      • ⇒ Russian: лощи́на (loščína)
    • Ukrainian: лоск (losk, “bump, unevenness, mess”) (probably)
      • ⇒ Ukrainian: лощи́на (loščýna)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Losky f (toponym)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loskъ/*loska I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 87
• лоск «безладдя» in Горох.ua (Етимологія)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

*loskъ m

1. flap, bang, shriek

Declension

Declension of *loskъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*loskъ	*loska	*losci
genitive	*loska	*losku	*loskъ
dative	*losku	*loskoma	*loskomъ
accusative	*loskъ	*loska	*losky
instrumental	*loskъmь, *loskomь*	*loskoma	*losky
locative	*loscě	*losku	*loscěxъ
vocative	*lošče	*loska	*losci

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

Alternative forms

• *loska f

Related terms

• *loskotъ (“chatter”)

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: лоска f

    Latin script: loska f

  • Slovene: lòsk (interjection)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loskъ/*loska II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 88