Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lasica

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

Alternative forms

• *laska ~ *lasъka

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

*lasica f

1. weasel

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ла́сіца (lásica), ла́ска (láska)
  • Russian: ла́сица (lásica) dialectally, standard ла́ска (láska)
    • → Komi-Zyrian: ласича (laśića)
  • Ukrainian: ла́сиця (lásycja), ла́ска (láska)
• South Slavic:
  • Macedonian: ласица (lasica)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ла̀сица

    Latin script: làsica

• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: lasicě
    • Czech: lasice, dialectally laska
  • Polish: łasica, also łaska
  • Slovak: lasica, dialectally laska
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: łasyca, dialectally łaska
    • Upper Sorbian: lastwička (archaic)

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laska”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 36
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lastica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 43
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lastovica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 44
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lastъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 45