Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/liněti

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, *lin- (moulting) +‎ *-ěti.

Verb

*liněti

  1. synonym of *liňati: to moult; to fade, to wither

Conjugation

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ліне́ць (linjécʹ) (dialectal)
    • Russian: лине́ть (linétʹ) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: лине́я (linéja)
    • Macedonian: линее (linee)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*liněti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 108