Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/loskutъ

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

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Cognate with Lithuanian lãskana, lãskatas, laskatúoti, Latvian lęskа.

Noun

*loskutъ m

1. rag?, shred?, scrap?

Inflection

Declension of *loskutъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*loskutъ	*loskuta	*loskuti
genitive	*loskuta	*loskutu	*loskutъ
dative	*loskutu	*loskutoma	*loskutomъ
accusative	*loskutъ	*loskuta	*loskuty
instrumental	*loskutъmь, *loskutomь*	*loskutoma	*loskuty
locative	*loskutě	*loskutu	*loskutěxъ
vocative	*loskute	*loskuta	*loskuti

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: лоскутъ (loskutŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: *лоскутъ (*loskut)
      • Belarusian: ласку́т (laskút), ласку́ць (laskúcʹ)
      • Ukrainian: лоскут (loskut) (dialectal)
    • Russian: лоску́т (loskút)

References

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1967) “ло́ску́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 521