Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěviti

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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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *ljoʔu, *leʔw, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w-. Cognate with Latvian laũt (to allow, stop, yield, rely on), Lithuanian liáuti (to stop), Old Prussian aulaũt (to die).

Verb

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*lěviti impf

  1. to lag, to tarry
  2. to linger

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “liauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lěviti II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 28