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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lędo

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lindá, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“heath, land”). Cognate with Old Prussian lindan (“valley”).

Noun

*lę̑do n[1]

  1. heath, arid land, uncultivated field
    Antonym: *orlьja
  2. (by generalization) meadow, flatland
    Synonyms: *poľe, *orvьnina

Alternative forms

  • *lędъ m
  • *lędь f (i-stem)

Declension

Derived terms

  • *lędà pl
  • *lędina (“barren land”)
  • *lędixa (“meadow”)
  • *lędokъ (“type of thristle, weed”)
  • *lęděninъ, *lędiťь (“flatland dweller”)
  • *lędьskъ (“landish”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лѧдо (lędo)
      • Belarusian: ля́до (ljádo)
      • Russian: ля́до (ljádo) (dialectal)
      • Ukrainian: ля́до (ljádo, “meadow within forest”)
    • Russian: ляд m (ljad, “aridity, dearth”) (dialectal)
    • Old Novgorodian: лѧдь f (lędĭ, “heathland”)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: леда (leda)
    • Old Croatian: leđ (“arid, unfruitful land”) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: lado
    • >? Polish: ląd m (“land”) (more likely a German loanword)
    • Slovak: ladom (instrumental, only in: ležať ladom)
    • Sorbian:

Further reading

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “ledina”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “pslovan. *lę̑do”
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