Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lězti

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 *lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁ǵʰ- (“to crawl on the ground; low”).

    Related to Latvian lẽzêt (“to slide”), Old Prussian līse (“(he) crawls”), Old Norse lágr (“low”), English low, Ancient Greek λαχύς (lakhús, “low”).

    Verb

    *lě̀zti impf[1][2]

    1. to crawl
    2. to climb

    Inflection

    Conjugation of *lězti, *lěze, *lězetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)
    Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
    *lězenьje *lězti *lěztъ *lězlъ
    Participles
    Tense Past Present
    Passive *lězenъ *lězomъ
    Active *lězъ *lězy
    Aorist Present
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *lěz(ox)ъ *lěze *lěze *lězǫ *lězeši *lězetь
    Dual *lěz(ox)ově *lěz(e/os)ta *lěz(e/os)te *lězevě *lězeta *lězete
    Plural *lěz(ox)omъ *lěz(e/os)te *lězǫ, *lězošę *lězemъ *lězete *lězǫtь
    Imperfect Imperative
    Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
    Singular *lězěaxъ *lězěaše *lězěaše — *lězi *lězi
    Dual *lězěaxově *lězěašeta *lězěašete *lězěvě *lězěta —
    Plural *lězěaxomъ *lězěašete *lězěaxǫ *lězěmъ *lězěte —

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: лѣзти (lězti)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Cyrillic: възлѣсти (vŭzlěsti) излѣсти (izlěsti)
        Glagolitic: [Term?]
      • Bulgarian: лѣ́зѫ (lě́zǫ) (Gerov's dictionary); ля́за (ljáza) (dialectal)
      • Serbo-Croatian: ljȅsti, lȅsti (archaic)
      • Slovene: lẹ́sti (tonal orthography)
        • Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): lȩ̏st
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: lézt
      • Polabian: lezĕ (3sg.)
      • Old Polish: leźć
      • Slovak: liezť
      • Slovincian: lêsc
      • Sorbian:

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “ле́зу”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lězti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 36

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “v. (a) ‘crawl, climb’”
    2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “lězti: lězǫ lězetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 208, 252; PR 133)”
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