Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lojь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“to slip, to slide, to stick”) or *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) (according to Snoj, alternatively *leh₁y- (“to release, to dissolve”)), with potential relatives Proto-Germanic *slīmą (“slime”), Latin līmus (“mud”).
Noun
editInflection
editDeclension of *lȍjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)
Derived terms
edit- *lojьnъ (“tallowy”)
Related terms
edit- *liti, *lьjati (“to pour, to drift away”) (possibly)
- *sъlojь (“layer”)
- *slimakъ (“slimy creature, snail/slug”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lȏjь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 283: “m. jo (c) ‘tallow, suet’”
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lojь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c talg; tragt (PR 137)”
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “loj”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *lȍjь”