Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lъžica

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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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From *lъga (bending) +‎ *-ica. An alternative variant of *lyžьka.

Noun

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*lъžica f[1][2]

  1. spoon

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: лъжи́ца (lǎžíca)
    • Macedonian: лажица (lažica)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: жли̏ца
      Latin script: žlȉca
  • West Slavic:

References

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  1. ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[1], University of Vienna, page 6:*lъži̋ca
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lъžica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 16 (*lokadlo – *lъživьcь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 257