Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lězti

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-Balto-Slavic *lḗˀźtei, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁ǵʰ- (“to crawl on the ground; low”).

Related to Latvian lẽzêt (“to slide”), Old Prussian līse (“(he) crawls”), Old Norse lágr (“low”), English low, Ancient Greek λαχύς (lakhús, “low”).

Verb

*lě̀zti impf^[1]^[2]

to crawl
to climb

Inflection

Conjugation of *lězti, *lěze, *lězetь (impf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm a)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*lězenьje	*lězti	*lěztъ	*lězlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*lězenъ	*lězomъ
Active	*lězъ	*lězy

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lěz(ox)ъ	*lěze	*lěze	*lězǫ	*lězeši	*lězetь
Dual	*lěz(ox)ově	*lěz(e/os)ta	*lěz(e/os)te	*lězevě	*lězeta	*lězete
Plural	*lěz(ox)omъ	*lěz(e/os)te	lězǫ, lězošę	*lězemъ	*lězete	*lězǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*lězěaxъ	*lězěaše	*lězěaše	—	*lězi	*lězi
Dual	*lězěaxově	*lězěašeta	*lězěašete	*lězěvě	*lězěta	—
Plural	*lězěaxomъ	*lězěašete	*lězěaxǫ	*lězěmъ	*lězěte	—

Related terms

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: лѣзти (lězti)
  - Belarusian: ле́зці (ljézci)
  - Russian: лезть (leztʹ)
  - Ukrainian: лі́зти (lízty)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Cyrillic: възлѣсти (vŭzlěsti)m излѣсти (izlěsti)
  
  Glagolitic: [Term?]
- Bulgarian: лѣ́зѫ (lě́zǫ) (Gerov's dictionary); ля́за (ljáza)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  - Chakavian (Vrgada): lȉsti
- Slovene: lẹ́sti (tonal orthography)
  - Rovte dialect (Črni vrh, Idrija): lȩ̏st
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: lézt
  - Czech: lézt
    - Bohemian (Chod dialect): lízt
- Polabian: lezĕ (3sg.)
- Old Polish: leźć
  - Polish: leźć
- Slovak: liezť
- Slovincian: lêsc
- Sorbian:
  - Upper Sorbian: lězć
  - Lower Sorbian: lězć

References

^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “v. (a) ‘crawl, climb’”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “lězti: lězǫ lězetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 208, 252; PR 133)”

[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̀zti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275: “v. (a) ‘crawl, climb’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “lězti: lězǫ lězetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a (SA 208, 252; PR 133)”

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