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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/liti

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 *leˀi-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian líeti, Latvian liêt, Old Prussian pralieiton (shed).

Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek λείβω (leíbō, to shed, to pour), Middle Welsh dillyd (to pour out).

Verb

*lìti impf [1][2]

  1. to pour

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lít
    • Polabian: lėjĕ (3sg)
    • Old Polish: lić
    • Slovak: liať
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: leć
      • Lower Sorbian: laś

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 280: “v. ‘pour’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), liti: lijǫ lijetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 204, 234, 237; PR 139)”
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