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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěvъ

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-Indo-European *leh₂iwos, a derivative of *leh₂-yé-ti (“to lurk, to ambush”) + *-wós, ultimately from *leh₂- (“to be hidden, to wait from a distance”). Cognates include Ancient Greek λαιός (laiós), Latin laevus. The adjective got its meaning likely due to the popular view that the left hand is the weaker, less suitable hand to use.

Adjective

*lě̑vъ [1][2]

  1. left

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: лѣвъ (lěvŭ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Bulgarian: ляв (ljav)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ли̏jевӣ
      Latin: lijevi
    • Slovene: lẹ̑v
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̑vъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “adj. o (c) ‘left’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “lěvъ lěva lěvo”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c venstre (PR 138)”
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