Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laty

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 edit

Etymology edit

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Cognate with Lithuanian luõtas.

Noun edit

*laty f^[1]

pot

Declension edit

Declension of *laty (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*laty	*latъvi	*latъvi
genitive	*latъve	*latъvu	*latъvъ
dative	*latъvi	latъvьma, latъvama^*	latъvьmъ, latъvamъ^*
accusative	*latъvь	*latъvi	*latъvi
instrumental	latъvьjǫ, latъvľǫ^**	latъvьma, latъvama^*	latъvьmi, latъvami^*
locative	*latъve	*latъvu	latъvьxъ, latъvaxъ^*
vocative	*laty	*latъvi	*latъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: латꙑ (laty), латъвь (latŭvĭ)
  - Russian: ла́тка (látka)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: латꙑ (laty), латъвь (latŭvĭ), латъва (latŭva), латъка (latŭka)
- Bulgarian: ла́твица (látvica) (dialectal)
- Slovene: látva, látvica (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Czech: látka
- Old Polish: łatka
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: łacywa

References edit

^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lаty”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 52