Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lososь

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

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *laśas, from Proto-Indo-European *loḱs-os- (“salmon, trout”)^[1] or *laḱs-.^[2]

Baltic cognates include Latvian lasis, Lithuanian lašišà, Old Prussian *lalasso (misspelling of lasasso). Indo-European cognates include Proto-Germanic *lahsaz, and Tocharian B laks m (“fish”).

Noun edit

*lososь m^[3]

salmon

Declension edit

Declension of *lososь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lososь	*lososa	*lososi
genitive	*lososa	*lososu	*lososь
dative	*lososu	*lososema	*lososemъ
accusative	*lososь	*lososa	*lososę̇
instrumental	lososьmь, lososemь^*	*lososema	*lososi
locative	*lososi	*lososu	*lososixъ
vocative	*lososu	*lososa	*lososi

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms edit

*lososina
*lososьjь (adjective)

Descendants edit

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лосось (lososĭ), лосъ (losŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: лосо́сь (losósʹ)
    - Belarusian: ласо́сь (lasósʹ)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: ло́сос (lósos)
    - Ukrainian: лосо́сь (losósʹ)
  - Russian: лосо́сь (losósʹ), ло́сось (lósosʹ)
    - → Yakut: лосось (losos)
- Old Novgorodian: лосось (lososĭ)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: лосос (losos)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ло̏сос, ло̏с
  
  Latin: lȍsos, lȍs
- Slovene: lọ̑sos (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: losos
  - Czech: losos
- Kashubian: łosos
- Polish: łosoś
- Slovak: losos
- Slovincian: lôsôs
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: łosos
  - Upper Sorbian: łosos

Non-Slavic languages:
- Hungarian: lazac
- Ossetian: лӕсӕг (læsæg) (early, from Sarmatian *lasaka-).
- Romanian: lostriță (probably)

References edit

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lososь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 285: “PIE *loḱs-os-”
^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lososь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 285: “m. jo ‘salmon’”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lososь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 285: “PIE *loḱs-os-”

[2] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “lasis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[3] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lososь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 285: “m. jo ‘salmon’”

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