Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľudina

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

From *ľudъ or *ľudь +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*ľudina f

1. a large man
2. man, person, human being

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *людина (*ljudina)
    • Old Ruthenian: *люди́на (*ljudína)
      • Belarusian: люды́на (ljudýna), людзі́на (ljudzína) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: люди́на (ljudýna)
    • Russian: люди́на (ljudína) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Serbo-Croatian: ļùdina (14ᵗʰ c.)
    • Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: љу̀дина

      Latin script: ljùdina

• West Slavic:
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: ludźina