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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/letъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lek-.

Noun

*letъ m

  1. flight

Inflection
Declension of *letъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *letъ *leta *leti
genitive *leta *letu *letъ
dative *letu *letoma *letomъ
accusative *letъ *leta *lety
instrumental *letъmь, *letomь* *letoma *lety
locative *letě *letu *letěxъ
vocative *lete *leta *leti
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лёт (ljot)
    • Middle Russian: летъ (let)
      • Russian: лёт (ljot), (dialectal) лет (let), леть (letʹ)
    • Ukrainian: літ (lit), (dialectal) лет (let), льот (lʹot)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: let
    • Polish: lot
    • Slovak: let
    • Slovincian: lot, lʉ̀ɵ̯t
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: lět
      • Upper Sorbian: lět

Further reading
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*letъ/*letь(?)/*leto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), issue 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 150
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “лете́ть”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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