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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/luskati

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

  • Per Derksen, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lauskāˀtei or *lauˀskāˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *loup- + *-sk-, from the same root as Proto-Slavic *lūpìti (to peel). Cognate with Latvian làuskāt (to flake, to peel) (East Baltic dialectal, where the sustained and falling tones are merged). Derksen also notes Latvian laûska (fragment, splinter, potsherd) but suggests it may be etymologically unrelated, derived instead from laûzt (to break), from Proto-Indo-European *louǵ-sk-.
  • Vasmer, contra Derksen, endorses the connection with Latvian laûska and adds as cognates Latvian lauskas (dandruff, husks, pl.), Lithuanian lùskos (rags, pl.), lùskis (ragamuffin), lùkštas, lū́kštas (apple peel, shell, husk), Latvian laũkšķêt (to click, to pop), laušķinât (to click, to crack, to knock, to make noise).

Verb

*luskati impf

  1. to peel, to shell

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *luska (peel, shell, scale, pod)
  • *luskъ (peel, shell, pod)
  • *luspa (peel, shell, scale, pod)
  • *luščiti (to peel, to shell)
  • *luzga (peel, shell, pod)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: лу́скаць (lúskacʹ)
    • Middle Russian: лꙋскати (luskati) (17th century)
      • Russian: луска́ть (luskátʹ), лу́скать (lúskatʹ, to peel, to shell)
    • Ukrainian: лу́скати (lúskaty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: лю́скамь (ljúskamʹ, to hit, to slap; to drink, to chug (vodka)) (archaic or dialectal; Gerov's dictionary); л’у́скам (l’úskam, to peel, to shell) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: љу̏скати (to peel, to shell) (dialectal)
      Latin: ljȕskati (to peel, to shell) (dialectal)
    • Slovene: lúskati (to peel, to shell; to clean (fish)) (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: luskati, lúskati (to crack a shell)
      • Czech: louskat (to crack a nut; to eat; to beat (lice))
    • Old Polish: łuskać
    • Polish: łuskać (to peel, to shell)
    • Slovak: lúskať (to peel, to shell)
    • Slovincian: łëskac (to peel, to shell) (Lorentz's Pomor. I dictionary)
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: łuskać (to snap, click, crackle softly)

References

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