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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loviti

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 *lȏvъ (hunting, hunt) + *-iti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *law-. Cognate with Lithuanian lavùs (adroit, clever), lãvyti, lãvinti (to train, to develop), Latvian lavît (to catch), although per Derksen the latter verb is probably a Slavic borrowing. Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (to capture, enjoy) (e.g., see Vasmer). Per Derksen, no clear cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.

Verb

*lovìti impf[1][2]

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hunt
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to chase, pursue
  3. (transitive) to catch

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ловити (loviti) (accent paradigm c)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: loviti
    • Old Polish: łowić
    • Kashubian: łowic
    • Slovak: loviť
    • Slovincian: lôvjic
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: łojić
      • Lower Sorbian: łoiś
  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лови́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loviti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 106

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lovìti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 286:v. (c) ‘(try to) catch’
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “loviti: lovjǫ lovitь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 257; PR 140)
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