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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lěto

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 *laita, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁tóm, *loyt- (“warm part of the year”). Cognate with Old Irish laithe n (“day”), Swedish låding, lådig (“spring”).

Noun

*lě̀to n[1][2]

  1. summer
  2. year

Declension
Declension of *lě̀to (hard o-stem, accent paradigm a)
singular dual plural
nominative *lě̀to *lě̀tě *lě̀ta
genitive *lě̀ta *lě̀tu *lě̀tъ
dative *lě̀tu *lě̀toma *lě̀tomъ
accusative *lě̀to *lě̀tě *lě̀ta
instrumental *lě̀tъmь, *lě̀tomь* *lě̀toma *lě̀tȳ
locative *lě̀tě *lě̀tu *lě̀tě̄xъ
vocative *lě̀to *lě̀tě *lě̀ta
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • Non-Slavic:

See also

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lě̀to”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 274: “n. o (a) ‘summer’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “lěto”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “a summer (NA 115, 133, 143; SA 23, 199; PR 132; MP 24; RPT 111)”

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лето”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*lěto”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 8
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