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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lice

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 *lik- / *loik-?, from Proto-Indo-European *l(o)yk-o-.

Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (cheek).

Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (jaw, cheek).

Noun

*līcè n [1][2]

  1. cheek
  2. face

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*līcè”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278: “n. jo (b) ‘cheek, face’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), ?lice”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b ansigt, person (PR 135; MP 24)”
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