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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęgati

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

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Per ESSJa, probably related to Lithuanian lingúoti (to swing), lìngė (pole on which a cradle is suspended), Latvian lĩguôt (to swing, to sway).

Verb

*lęgati

  1. to swing?, to sway?
Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лiгацца (lihacca)
    • Russian: ляга́ть (ljagátʹ)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lęgati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 54
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