Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lazivo

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

Etymology

From *laziti +‎ *-ivo.

Noun

*lazivo n

1. ladder

   Synonyms: *lězivo, *lěstva, *lěstьnica, *lazidlo

Inflection

Declension of *lazivo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lazivo	*lazivě	*laziva
genitive	*laziva	*lazivu	*lazivъ
dative	*lazivu	*lazivoma	*lazivomъ
accusative	*lazivo	*lazivě	*laziva
instrumental	*lazivъmь, *lazivomь*	*lazivoma	*lazivy
locative	*lazivě	*lazivu	*lazivěxъ
vocative	*lazivo	*lazivě	*laziva

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: ла́зіва (láziva)
  • Russian: ла́зево (lázevo)
  • Ukrainian: ла́зиво (lázyvo)
• West Slavic:
  • Polish: łaziwo
  • Slovak: lazivo

Further reading

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lazivo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 67