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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьgъkъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 Pre-Slavic *lingukas < *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko-s (see *-ъkъ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light).

Adjective

*lьgъkъ

  1. light (not heavy)

Declension

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лёгкі (ljóhki)
    • Russian: лёгкий (ljóxkij)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: легкы́й (lehkŷ́j)
    • Ukrainian: легки́й (lehkýj)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Kashubian: letczi
    • Old Czech: lehký
      • Czech: lehký
        • Bohemian (Chod dialect): lefkyj
        • Moravian (Mistřice): lefkí
    • Old Polish: lekki, leki
      • Masurian: letki
      • Polish: lekki, letki (dialectal or obsolete)
      • Silesian: leki
    • Polabian: ľåtťĕ
    • Slovak: ľahký
    • Sorbian:

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), легкий”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008), *lьgъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 297
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