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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/likъ

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

1. Masculine form from early neutral *liko, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *léika, from Proto-Indo-European *léykom. Baltic cognates include Old Prussian laygnan (“cheek”). Indo-European cognates include Old Irish lecca (“jaw, cheek”).

2. Homonym *likъ meaning dance is from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz. Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks).

Noun

*likъ m[1][2]

  1. face
  2. round dance, chorus; play
  3. assembly

Inflection
Declension of *lȋkъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *lȋkъ *lȋka *lȋci
genitive *lȋka *likù *lĩkъ
dative *lȋku *likomà *likòmъ
accusative *lȋkъ *lȋka *lȋky
instrumental *lȋkъmь, *lȋkomь* *likomà *liký
locative *lȋcě *likù *licě̃xъ
vocative *liče *lȋka *lȋci
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ликъ (likŭ)
      • Russian: лик (lik) (ecclesiastical)
      • Ukrainian: лик (lyk)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: ликъ (likŭ)
      Glagolitic script: ⰾⰻⰽⱏ (likŭ)
    • Bulgarian: лик (lik)
    • Serbo-Croatian: lik
    • Slovene: lik
  • West Slavic:
    • Polish: lik (obsolete)

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “лик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*likъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 278: “m. o”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001) “likъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c mængde, tal (PR 137)”
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