Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ludъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *lewd- (to duck, bend, become small).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian lū̃dnas (sad), Proto-Germanic *leutaz.

Adjective edit

*ludъ

  1. crazy

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лудꙑи (ludyi)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: лудъ (ludŭ)
      Unspecified script:
    • Bulgarian: луд (lud)
    • Macedonian: луд (lud)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: лу̑д
      Latin script: lȗd
    • Slovene: lȗd
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lud (archaic)

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “liūdnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*ludъ(jь)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 168
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “луд”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 684, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 684