Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/léiˀpāˀ
Proto-Balto-Slavic
editEtymology
editOf unclear origin. Has been connected to Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, smear”) (cf. Slavic *lěpìti), but according to Derksen, the acute accent prohibits such a derivation.
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Noun
edit- linden tree
Inflection
editDeclension of *léiˀpāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
Nominative | *léiˀpāˀ | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpās | |
Accusative | *léiˀpā(ˀ)n | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpā(ˀ)ns | |
Genitive | *léiˀpā(ˀ)s | *léiˀpāu(ˀ) | *léiˀpōn | |
Locative | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpāu(ˀ) | *léiˀpā(ˀ)su | |
Dative | *léiˀpāi | *léiˀpā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *léiˀpā(ˀ)mas | |
Instrumental | *léiˀpāˀn | *léiˀpā(ˀ)māˀ | *léiˀpā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
Vocative | *léiˀpa | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpās |
Descendants
edit- East Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *lìpa (see there for further descendants)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *leppä (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *leajpē
- Northern Sami: leaibi
References
edit- ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lìpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 279: “*léiʔpaʔ (léʔipaʔ)”
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “líepa”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 350-1