Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lězti

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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 *lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁ǵʰ- (to crawl on the ground; low).

Related to Latvian lẽzêt (to slide), Old Prussian līse ((he) crawls), Old Norse lágr (low), English low, Ancient Greek λαχύς (lakhús, low).

Verb

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*lě̀zti impf[1][2]

  1. to crawl
  2. to climb

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ле́зу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lězti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 36

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275:v. (a) ‘crawl, climb’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lězti: lězǫ lězetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 208, 252; PR 133)