Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěstva

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

By surface analysis, *lězti +‎ *-tva.

Noun

*lěstva f[1]

  1. ladder?

Inflection

Declension of *lěstva (hard a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lěstva *lěstvě *lěstvy
genitive *lěstvy *lěstvu *lěstvъ
dative *lěstvě *lěstvama *lěstvamъ
accusative *lěstvǫ *lěstvě *lěstvy
instrumental *lěstvojǫ, *lěstvǫ** *lěstvama *lěstvami
locative *lěstvě *lěstvu *lěstvasъ, *lěstvaxъ*
vocative *lěstvo *lěstvě *lěstvy

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Descendants

  • South Slavic:
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ле̏стве, ље̏стве
      Latin script: lȅstve, ljȅstve
    • Slovene: lẹ̑stva (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: lestva (obsolete)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lěstva”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 246

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ле́стница”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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