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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ľudina

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 *ľudъ or *ľudь +‎ *-ina.

Noun

*ľudina f[1]

  1. a large man
  2. man, person, human being

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *людина (*ljudina)
      • Old Ruthenian: *люди́на (*ljudína)
        • Belarusian: люды́на (ljudýna), людзі́на (ljudzína) (dialectal)
        • Ukrainian: люди́на (ljudýna)
      • Russian: люди́на (ljudína) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Serbo-Croatian: ļùdina (14ᵗʰ c.)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: ludźina

References
  1. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*ľudina/*ľudinъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 192
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