Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/lā́ˀwāˀ

Etymology
Possibly from, from , with accent retraction due to Hirt's law. Hirt's law was undone in the Latvian and West Slavic dialects. In Lithuanian dialects, the tendency to generalize the root accent prevailed.

Direct cognate with 🇨🇬; other cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, as well as, within Balto-Slavic, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) place to sleep
 * 2) bench, bed

Descendants

 * East Baltic: