Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lisa

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

Possibly from earlier *līpsā, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *leipśāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥p- ~ *h₂(w)lṓp- (“red fox”). For details see Latvian lapsa (“fox”).[1]

However, the above derivation has been contested.[2]

Noun

*lisa f

  1. fox

Derived terms

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: lisa
    • Pomeranian:

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*lisa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279: “m. ā ‘fox’”
  2. ^ Palmér, Axel; Jakob, Anthony; Thorsø, Rasmus; Paulus, van Sluis; Swanenvleugel, Cid; Kroonen, Guus (2021), “Proto-Indo-European ‘fox’ and the reconstruction of an athematic ḱ-stem”, in Indo-European Linguistics‎[1], volume 9, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 243 of 234–263

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lisa I”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 137
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