Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lemešь

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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]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lémešis. Cognates include Latvian lemesis (sharp plough), Lithuanian lẽmežis (wooden part of the plough), lãmežis (wooden part of the plough) and Proto-Slavic *lomìti (to break).

Noun[edit]

*lemešь m[1]

  1. ploughshare
  2. plough

Inflection[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Non-Slavic:

Further reading[edit]

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lemešь/*lemežь”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 108

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lemešь; *lemežь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271:m. jo ‘ploughshare, plough’