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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lajati

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 1

From earlier *lati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lā́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-. Indo-European cognates include Latin lātrō (to bark), and possibly Sanskrit रायटी (rā́yati, to bark).

Verb

*làjati impf [1][2]

  1. to bark
  2. to scold
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лаꙗти (lajati)
      • Belarusian: ла́яць (lájacʹ)
      • Russian: ла́ять (lájatʹ)
      • Ukrainian: ла́яти (lájaty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: láti
    • Old Polish: łajać
    • Slovak: láť
    • Slovincian: lȧ̃jăc
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: łajaś
Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

*lajati impf [3]

  1. to ambush
Inflection
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лаꙗти (lajati)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: лаꙗти (lajati)
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*làjati I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 267: “v. (a) ‘bark’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), lajati: lajǫ lajetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 205, 247; PR 133; MP 23, 26)”
  3. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lajati II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 268: “v. ‘ambush, lie in wait for’”
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