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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьnǫti

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

Alternative forms

  • *lьpnǫti

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lip- + Proto-Slavic *-nǫti, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-. Cognate with Lithuanian lìpti (to stick) (1sg. limpù), Latvian lipt (to stick), Sanskrit लिम्पति (limpáti, to smear), Ancient Greek λιπαίνω (lipaínō, to oil), Hittite [script needed] (lip-, to smear). Pokorny also links various other words with less obvious semantic connection, e.g. Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bilaibjan, to leave, to abandon), English leave, English live, Latin lippus (festering). See also *lěpiti.

Verb

*lьnǫti impf

  1. to stick

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: льнꙋти (lĭnuti)
        • Belarusian: ільну́ць (ilʹnúcʹ)
        • Russian: льнуть (lʹnutʹ)
        • Ukrainian: льну́ти (lʹnúty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: прильнѫти (prilĭnǫti, to stick), 1sg. прильнѫ (prilĭnǫ)
      Glagolitic: [Term?]
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: прио̀нути
      Latin: priònuti
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: lnúti, 1sg. lnu
      • Czech: lnout
    • Old Polish: lnąć
    • Slovincian: lnȯ́ų̯c

References

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