Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/léiˀpāˀ
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of unclear origin. Has been connected to Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick, smear”) (cf. Slavic *lěpìti), but according to Derksen, the acute accent prohibits such a derivation.
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
[edit]- linden tree
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of *léiˀpāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *léiˀpāˀ | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpās | |
| Accusative | *léiˀpā(ˀ)n | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpā(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *léiˀpā(ˀ)s | *léiˀpāu(ˀ) | *léiˀpōn | |
| Locative | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpāu(ˀ) | *léiˀpā(ˀ)su | |
| Dative | *léiˀpāi | *léiˀpā(ˀ)mā(ˀ) | *léiˀpā(ˀ)mas | |
| Instrumental | *léiˀpāˀn | *léiˀpā(ˀ)māˀ | *léiˀpā(ˀ)mīˀs | |
| Vocative | *léiˀpa | *léiˀpāiˀ | *léiˀpās | |
Descendants
[edit]- East Baltic:
- Proto-Slavic: *lìpa (see there for further descendants)
- →? Proto-Finnic: *leppä (see there for further descendants)
- → Proto-Samic: *leajpē
- Northern Sami: leaibi
References
[edit]- ^ Kim, Ronald (2018) “The Phonology of Balto-Slavic”, in Jared S. Klein, Brian Joseph, and Matthias Fritz, editors, Handbook of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook[1], Berlin: de Gruyter, →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lìpa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “*léiʔpaʔ (léʔipaʔ)”
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “líepa”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 350-1