Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loťika

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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Etymology

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Borrowed in the 7th–8th century from the Dalmatian version of Latin lactūca. Borrowed into East Slavic only by horticulturalists in late Medieval times as Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian лату́к (latúk).

Noun

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*loťika f

  1. salad plant from the Cichorieae tribe of the Asteraceae
    1. lettuce (Lactuca spp.)
    2. nipplewort (Lapsana spp.)

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*loktika”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 7
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лочи́га”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress