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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/léiˀpāˀ

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

Has been connected to Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, smear”) (cf. Slavic *lěpìti), but according to Derksen the acute accent prohibits such a derivation.

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Noun

*léiˀpāˀ f[1][2]

  1. linden tree

Inflection
Declension of *léiˀpāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative *léiˀpāˀ *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpās
Accusative *léiˀpā(ˀ)n *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpā(ˀ)ns
Genitive *léiˀpā(ˀ)s *léiˀpāu(ˀ) *léiˀpōn
Locative *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpāu(ˀ) *léiˀpā(ˀ)su
Dative *léiˀpāi *léiˀpā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) *léiˀpā(ˀ)mas
Instrumental *léiˀpāˀn *léiˀpā(ˀ)māˀ *léiˀpā(ˀ)mīˀs
Vocative *léiˀpa *léiˀpāiˀ *léiˀpās

Descendants
  • East Baltic:
    • Latgalian: līpa
    • Latvian: liepa
    • Lithuanian: líepa
  • Proto-Slavic: *lìpa (see there for further descendants)
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *leppä (see there for further descendants)
  • → Proto-Samic: *leajpē

References
  1. Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook‎, Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lìpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 279: “*léiʔpaʔ (léʔipaʔ)”
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