Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/laskati

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-Indo-European *leh₂s-sk-, from *leh₂s-. Balto-Slavic root *lāˀs-, as in Lithuanian lokšnùs (sensitive). Cognate with Latin lascīvus (playful), per Chernykh also Sanskrit लषति (laṣati, to thirst, to want) < *la-ls-ati.

Verb

*làskati impf[1]

  1. to caress
  2. to flatter

Inflection

Derived terms

  • *làska (caress, flattery? favor?)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ласкати (laskati)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “ла́ска1”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 468
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ла́ска”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*laskati (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 14 (*labati – *lěteplъjь), Moscow: Nauka, page 38

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*làskati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269:v. ‘flatter, caress’