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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěpiti

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laip-, from Proto-Indo-European *loyp-eye-, from *leyp-.

Cognate with Lithuanian lipìnti (to glue, to stick), láipioti (to glue, to stick) (dialectal), lìpti (to stick) (1sg. limpù), Latvian lipt (to stick), Sanskrit लेपयति (lepayati, to smear), लिम्पति (limpáti, to smear), Ancient Greek λιπαίνω (lipaínō, to oil), Hittite [script needed] (lip-, to smear). Pokorny also links various other words with less obvious semantic connection, e.g. Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bilaibjan, to leave, to abandon), English leave, English live, Latin lippus (festering). See also *lьnǫti.

Verb

*lěpìti[1][2][3]

  1. to smear
  2. to stick

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѣпити (lěpiti), лѣпитисѧ (lěpitisę)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: lepiti
    • Old Polish: lepić
    • Slovak: lepiť
    • Slovincian: lêpjic (to glue)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: lěpić
      • Lower Sorbian: lěpiś

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “лепи́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 476
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лепи́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lěpiti (sę) I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 217
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лепя, лепвам, лепна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 365
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 670–671

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lěpiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 273:v. (b) ‘smear, stick’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěpiti: lěpjǫ lěpitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c klæbe (SA 259; PR 140)
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016) “lepīti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*lěpi̋ti
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