Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/li

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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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (pronominal root). Cognates include Lithuanian -li (as in nùli (now, just now), juoli (especially, all the more so)), Latvian -lei, -lai (as in nulei, nulai (now, just now)), and probably Lithuanian lai (let) and Latvian lai (let). Other cognates include Latin olle.

Particle

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*li

  1. question-forming interrogative particle

Conjunction

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*li

  1. if

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: ли (li), ль ()
      • Old Ruthenian: ли (li), ль ()
        • Belarusian: лi (li)
        • Ukrainian: ли (ly) (dialectal)
      • Russian: ли (li), ль (); ле (le) (dialectal)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: li
    • Old Polish: li
      • Polish: li (obsolete)
    • Slovak: li
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: li
      • Lower Sorbian: li

Further reading

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*li”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 67
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ли”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 385
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ли”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress