Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/leťi

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Balto-Slavic *legtei, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

Verb

*leťi pf [1][2][3]

to lie, lie down

Conjugation

N-infix present *lęg-
Root aorist *leg-

Accent paradigm a in the present tense stem, b elsewhere.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: легчы́ (ljehčý)
- Russian: лечь (lečʹ)
- Ukrainian: лягти́ (ljahtý)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: лежи (leži)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: лȅћи
  
  Latin: lȅći
- Slovene: lẹ́či (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: lehnout
- Polish: lec
- Slovak: ľahnúť

References

Derksen, Rick (2008), “*legti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270: “v. (a) ‘lie (down)’”
Olander, Thomas (2001), “legti: lęgǫ lęžetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a lægge sig (SA 208, 260; PR 133)”
Snoj, Marko (2016), “lẹ́či”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*let'i̋, *lę̋gǫ”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008), “*legti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270: “v. (a) ‘lie (down)’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001), “legti: lęgǫ lęžetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a lægge sig (SA 208, 260; PR 133)”

[3] Snoj, Marko (2016), “lẹ́či”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar, Ljubljana: Inštitut za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, →ISBN: “*let'i̋, *lę̋gǫ”