Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lazъ

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

Alternative forms

  • *laza
  • *lazь

Etymology

Per ESSJa and Vasmer, most likely deverbal of *laziti, however, other theories have also been proposed. Derksen alternatively suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *loh₁ǵʰ-o-, from *leh₁ǵʰ-.[1]

Noun

*lazъ m[2][3]

  1. cleared land?, ploughed field?

Declension

Declension of *lazъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lazъ *laza *lazi
genitive *laza *lazu *lazъ
dative *lazu *lazoma *lazomъ
accusative *lazъ *laza *lazy
instrumental *lazъmь, *lazomь* *lazoma *lazy
locative *lazě *lazu *lazěxъ
vocative *laze *laza *lazi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лазъ (lazŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: лаз (laz) (dialectal)
    • Macedonian: лаз (laz)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ла̏з
      Latin script: lȁz
    • Slovene: lȁz (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: láz
    • Old Polish: łaz
      • Polish: łaz
    • Old Slovak: laz

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lazъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 270
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “lȁz”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *la̋zъ”
  3. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*lazъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 72

Further reading

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