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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěsъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Perhaps cognate with Proto-Germanic *lēswō (pasture), in which case, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-.

Noun

*lě̑sъ m [1][2]

  1. forest, woods

Declension

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), лес”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274: “m. o (c) ‘forest, wood(s)’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), lěsъ”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c (SA 157, 177; PR 137; RPT 98, 102)”
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