Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lǫgъ

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 *lunˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ-. Cognate with Old Prussian Langa (“name of a brook”), Langodis (“name of a swamp”).

Noun

*lǫ̑gъ m[1][2]

depression (in land), lowland, meadow, valley
Synonym: *lǭkà

Declension

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*lǫ̑gъ	*lǫ̑ga	*lǫ̑dzi
genitive	*lǫ̑ga	*lǫgù	*lǫ̃gъ
dative	*lǫ̑gu	*lǫgomà	*lǫgòmъ
accusative	*lǫ̑gъ	*lǫ̑ga	*lǫ̑gy
instrumental	lǫ̑gъmь, lǫ̑gomь^*	*lǫgomà	*lǫgý
locative	*lǫ̑dzě	*lǫgù	*lǫdzě̃xъ
vocative	*lǫže	*lǫ̑ga	*lǫ̑dzi

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

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Russian: луг (lug)
- Ukrainian: луг (luh)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: лѫгъ (lǫgŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰾⱘⰳⱏ (lǫgŭ)
- Bulgarian: лъг (lǎg)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: лу̑г
  
  Latin script: lȗg
- Slovene: lọ̑g (tonal orthography)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: luh
  - Czech: luh
- Polish: łąg, łęg
- Slovak: luh
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: ług
  - Upper Sorbian: łuh

Non-Slavic:
- → German: Luch
- → Byzantine Greek: λόγγος (lóngos)
  - Greek: λόγγος (lóngos)

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫ̑gъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 288: “m. o (c) ‘depression’”
Olander, Thomas (2001) “lǫgъ lǫga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 134, 139, 143; SA 26f., 31, 33; PR 137); d (RPT 102) meadow, underbrush”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lǫ̑gъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 288: “m. o (c) ‘depression’”

[2] Olander, Thomas (2001) “lǫgъ lǫga”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (NA 134, 139, 143; SA 26f., 31, 33; PR 137); d (RPT 102) meadow, underbrush”