Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/láišāˀ

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lóyseh₂ (following, track; furrow).

Noun

*láišāˀ f[1]

  1. bed (garden, field); furrow, row

Inflection

Declension of *láišāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
singular dual plural
nominative *láišāˀ *láišāiˀ *láišās
accusative *láišā(ˀ)n *láišāiˀ *láišā(ˀ)ns
genitive *láišā(ˀ)s *láišāu(ˀ) *láišōn
locative *láišāiˀ *láišāu(ˀ) *láišā(ˀ)su
dative *láišāi *láišā(ˀ)(ˀ) *láišā(ˀ)mas
instrumental *láišāˀn *láišā(ˀ)māˀ *láišā(ˀ)mīˀs
vocative *láiša *láišāiˀ *láišās

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Lithuanian: lýsė, lýsvė, lysva, lýstė, lýsia (the acute accent is unexplained)
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: lyso
  • Proto-Slavic: *lě̄xà (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Mažiulis, Vytautas (1996), “lyso”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎[1] (in Lithuanian), volume III, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidykla, page 75