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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěto
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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
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lḗˀta, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tóm. Cognate with Old Irish laithe n (“day”).
Declension
Declension of *lě̀to (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *lě̀to | *lě̀tě | *lě̀ta |
| Accusative | *lě̀to | *lě̀tě | *lě̀ta |
| Genitive | *lě̀ta | *lě̀tu | *lě̀tъ |
| Locative | *lě̀tě | *lě̀tu | *lě̀tě̄xъ |
| Dative | *lě̀tu | *lě̀toma | *lě̀tomъ |
| Instrumental | *lě̀tъmь, *lě̀tomь* | *lě̀toma | *lě̀tȳ |
| Vocative | *lě̀to | *lě̀tě | *lě̀ta |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “лето”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
- Trubačóv, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lěto”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ slavjanskix jazykov [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), volume 15, Moscow: Nauka, page 8
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀to”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274: “n. o (a) ‘summer’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “lěto”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a summer (NA 115, 133, 143; SA 23, 199; PR 132; MP 24; RPT 111)”
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