Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/likъ
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
edit1. Masculine form from early neutral *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom. Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (“cheek”). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (“jaw, cheek”).
2. Homonym *likъ meaning dance is from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks).
Noun
editInflection
editDeclension of *lȋkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Polish: lik (obsolete)
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*likъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278: “m. o”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “likъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c mængde, tal (PR 137)”