Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěsъ

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

Perhaps cognate with Proto-Germanic *lēswō (“pasture”), in which case, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-.

Noun

*lě̑sъ m^[1]^[2]

forest, woods

Declension

Declension of *lě̑sъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lě̑sъ	*lě̑sa	*lě̑si
genitive	*lě̑sa	*lěsù	*lě̃sъ
dative	*lě̑su	*lěsomà	*lěsòmъ
accusative	*lě̑sъ	*lě̑sa	*lě̑sy
instrumental	lě̑sъmь, lě̑somь^*	*lěsomà	*lěsý
locative	*lě̑sě	*lěsù	*lěsě̃xъ
vocative	*lěse	*lě̑sa	*lě̑si

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лѣсъ (lěsŭ)
  - Old Ruthenian: лѣсъ (lěs)
    - Belarusian: лес (ljes)
    - Carpathian Rusyn: лїс (ljis)
    - Ukrainian: ліс (lis)
  - Russian: лес (les)
- Old Novgorodian: *лѣсе (*lěse)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѣсъ (lěsŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱑⱄⱏ (lěsŭ)
  - Bulgarian: лес (les)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: ле̑с, лије̑с
  
  Latin script: lȇs, lijȇs
- Slovene: lẹ̑s (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: les
  - Czech: les
- Old Polish: las, les
  - Polish: las, les (Middle Polish)
  - Silesian: las, les (Southern Silesian)
- Old Slovak: les
  - Pannonian Rusyn: лєс (ljes)
  - Slovak: les
- Polabian: ľos
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: las
  - Slovincian: las
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: lěs
  - Upper Sorbian: lěs

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274: “m. o (c) ‘forest, wood(s)’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 157, 177; PR 137; RPT 98, 102)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̑sъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274: “m. o (c) ‘forest, wood(s)’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěsъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 157, 177; PR 137; RPT 98, 102)”

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