Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęťi

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

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Alternative forms

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  • *lękti (earlier, unassimilated form, as in Derksen, Chernykh, Vasmer)
  • *lękťi (earlier, partly assimilated form, as in Trubachev)

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lénktei.

Verb

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*lęťi impf (perfective *lęknǫti)[1]

  1. to bend, to crook
  2. to twine, to loop
    (by extension) to set traps (in West Slavic)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: лѧщи (lęšti) (rare, usually prefixed)
      • Old East Slavic: лѧщи (lęšči)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: léci (archaic); líct (dialectal)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: lac (archaic)
      • Lower Sorbian: lěc

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lękti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 277:v. ‘bend’

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lękti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 62
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ляка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “слек¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 865
  • Snoj, Marko (2016) “lekniti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si