Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luskъ

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

Equivalent to *luskati +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*luskъ m

1. peel, shell, pod

Inflection

Declension of *luskъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*luskъ	*luska	*lusci
genitive	*luska	*lusku	*luskъ
dative	*lusku	*luskoma	*luskomъ
accusative	*luskъ	*luska	*lusky
instrumental	*luskъmь, *luskomь*	*luskoma	*lusky
locative	*luscě	*lusku	*luscěxъ
vocative	*lušče	*luska	*lusci

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

Related terms

• *luska

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: луск (lusk)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: lusk
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: lusk
  • Old Polish: łusk
  • Slovak: lusk (literary)

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*luskъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292