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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěnъ

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 *lēnas, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁-en-os, from *leh₁- (lazy, slow). Cognate with Latvian lēns (lazy), Lithuanian lė́nas (lazy), Latin lenis.

Adjective

*lě̑nъ [1][2]

  1. lazy
  2. slow

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѣнꙑи (lěnyi)
      • Belarusian: ляны́ (ljaný)
      • Russian: ляной (ljanoj) (dialectal), леной (lenoj) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: líný
    • Old Polish: leny

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̑nъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 273: “adj. o (c) ‘lazy, slow’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), lěnъ lěna lěno”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c doven (SA 109, 111, 114, 122, 199; PR 138)”
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