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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľudъ
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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 *ljaudis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis.
Cognates include Lithuanian liáudis f, Latvian ļàudis m (pl.), Old High German liut m, German Leute, Ancient Greek ἐλεύθερος (eleútheros, “free”), Latin līber (“free”).
Inflection
Declension of *ľȗdъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *ľȗdъ | *ľȗda | *ľȗdi |
| Accusative | *ľȗdъ | *ľȗda | *ľȗdy |
| Genitive | *ľȗda | *ľudù | *ľũdъ |
| Locative | *ľȗdě | *ľudù | *ľudě̃xъ |
| Dative | *ľȗdu | *ľudomà | *ľudòmъ |
| Instrumental | *ľȗdъmь, *ľȗdomь* | *ľudomà | *ľudý |
| Vocative | *ľude | *ľȗda | *ľȗdi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “люд”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*ľudъ/*ľudь/*ľuda/*ľudo/*ľudьje”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 194
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004), “люд”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ļȗdъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282: “m. o (c) ‘people’”
- Olander, Thomas (2001), “ljudъ / ljudь ljuda”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 70, 171; RPT 97, 102)”
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