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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lęděninъ

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

Alternative forms

  • *lęďaninъ

Etymology

From *lędo (“heath, uncultivated field”) +‎ *-ěninъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *linda, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

Noun

*lęděninъ m[1]

  1. dweller of heath, uncultivated field

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: Lędzanie pl, Lędzianie pl (“Lendians”)
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Old Hungarian: lengyen (“Pole”)
    • → Byzantine Greek: Λενζανηνοί (Lenzanēnoí), λενζενινοι (lenzeninoi, “Lendians”)
    • → Latin: Lendizi (“Lendians”)

References

  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lędjane / *lęděne”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 44

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