Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lyža

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 *lyzgati +‎ *-ja. Compare Latvian lužas (“hunting ski”).

North-Slavic range of the word evidenced by derived term.

Noun

*lyža f[1]

  1. (North Slavic) ice skate
    Synonym: *lyži

Declension

Declension of *lyža (soft a-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *lyža *lyži *lyžę̇
genitive *lyžę̇ *lyžu *lyžь
dative *lyži *lyžama *lyžamъ
accusative *lyžǫ *lyži *lyžę̇
instrumental *lyžejǫ, *lyžǫ** *lyžama *lyžami
locative *lyži *lyžu *lyžasъ, *lyžaxъ*
vocative *lyže *lyži *lyžę̇

* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Derived terms

nouns
verbs

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: лꙑжа (lyža)

References

  1. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*lyža II”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 60

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лы́жа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1975-1982) “łyża”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes V: Łasia–Łżywy, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 438
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “лижа”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
  • Václav Machek (1968) “lyže”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 345
  • Jiří Rejzek (2007) “lyže”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda, page 368
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