Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/likъ

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

1. Masculine form from early neutral *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom. Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (cheek). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (jaw, cheek).

2. Homonym *likъ meaning dance is from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks).

Noun[edit]

*likъ m[1][2]

  1. face
  2. round dance, chorus; play
  3. assembly

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ликъ (likŭ)
      • Russian: лик (lik) (ecclesiastical)
      • Ukrainian: лик (lyk)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: lik (obsolete)

Further reading[edit]

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*likъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278:m. o
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “likъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c mængde, tal (PR 137)