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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫtъ

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Akin to Lithuanian lentà (plank), Latvian lenta (id.) and probably further related to Proto-Germanic *linþaz (flexible), Latin lentus (sticky, pliant), Albanian lëndë (timber).

Noun

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*lǫtъ m

  1. soft bast, fibre
    Coordinate terms: *lyko, *kora

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лут (lut)
    • Russian: лут (lut)
    • Ukrainian: лут (lut)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lǫtъ/*lǫto/*lǫta”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 150