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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laskati

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 *leh₂s-sk-, from *leh₂s-. Balto-Slavic root *lāˀs-, as in Lithuanian lokšnùs (sensitive). Cognate with Latin lascīvus (playful), per Chernykh also Sanskrit लषति (laṣati, to thirst, to want) < *la-ls-ati.

Verb

*làskati impf [1]

  1. to caress
  2. to flatter

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *làska (caress, flattery? favor?)
  • *lasъ (greedy)

Descendants

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*làskati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269: “v. ‘flatter, caress’”
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