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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/listъ

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

Cognate with Lithuanian laĩškas, láiškas (“letter”), Latvian laiska (“leaf of a flax stalk”), laiksne (“white water-lily”), and Old Prussian lāiskas (“book”). Baltic forms require pre-form of Proto-Balto-Slavic *laiskas, while Slavic forms require *leistas. Ultimately possibly from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (“to let”).[1]

Noun

*lȋstъ m[2][3]

  1. leaf

Inflection
Declension of *lȋstъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lȋstъ *lȋsta *lȋsti
genitive *lȋsta *listù *lĩstъ
dative *lȋstu *listomà *listòmъ
accusative *lȋstъ *lȋsta *lȋsty
instrumental *lȋstъmь, *lȋstomь* *listomà *listý
locative *lȋstě *listù *listě̃xъ
vocative *liste *lȋsta *lȋsti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • (Collective) *listarь, *listьje, *listva, *listvьje, *listovьje
  • (Diminutive) *listъkъ, *listьcь
  • (Having leaves) *listatъ, *listovatъ, *listvьnъ
  • *listiti (“to leaf”)
  • *listьnъ (“leaf”, adjective)
    • *listьnica
    • *listьnikъ
  • *listognojь
  • *listogryzъ
  • *listojědъ
  • *listopadъ
  • *listopǫkъ

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: листъ (listŭ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лист”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*listъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 147
  • Gluhak, Alemko (1993) “Proto-Slavic/listъ”, in Hrvatski etimološki rječnik [Croatian Etymology Dictionary] (in Serbo-Croatian), Zagreb: August Cesarec, →ISBN, page 378
  • “laiškas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “laiškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 270–271
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lȋstъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 279: “m. o (c) ‘leaf ’”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “listъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156, 177; PR 137); d (OSA 142f.; RPT 97, 102)”
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