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Reconstruction:Old Ruthenian/лоша

This Old Ruthenian 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.
 This Old Ruthenian entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Old Ruthenian
кобы́ла и лоша́

Etymology

Expected reflex of Old East Slavic лоша́ (lošá).[1] Further borrowed from Turkic languages, probably from Pecheneg and Bulgar *laša, *loša (“horse”) (compare Chuvash лаша (laš̬a), Tatar алаша (alaşa), dialectal лаша (laşa), Crimean Tatar alaşa, Kazakh алаша (alaşa)).[2][3] Cognate with dialectal Russian лоша́ (lošá), which is from Middle Russian лоша (loša), attested in 1489.[4]

Noun

*лоша • (*loša) n animal

  1. foal, colt
    Synonym: жеребѧ́ (žerebjá)
nouns

Descendants
  • Belarusian: лаша́ (lašá), лоша́ (lošá) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: лоша́ (lošá)

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1967) “ло́шадь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 525
  2. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “лоша”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 296
  3. Martynaŭ, V. U., editor (1989), “лаша́”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 5 (ка́яць – ліпя́нка), Minsk: Navuka i technika, page 267
  4. Filin, F. P., editor (1981), “лоша”, in Словарь русского языка XI–XVII вв. [Dictionary of the Russian Language: 11ᵗʰ–17ᵗʰ cc.]‎ (in Russian), numbers 8 (крада – лящина), Moscow: Nauka, page 288
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