Cognate Set 1145 – Meaning: hunt

IE-CoR reference form:
*leh₂u̯-
IE-CoR reference language:
Proto-Indo-European
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
The vast majority of Slavic etymology dictionaries assume or accept the etymology presented in ESSJa: 112, cf. Vasmer 1986-1987: 2: 508; Rejzek 2001: 351; Boryś 2005: 302-303; Bezlaj 1977-2005: 2: 152; Snoj 1997-2016; Mel'ničuk et al. 1982-2012: 277-278; Georgiev et al. 1971-: 3: 449; Martynaǔ, Cyhun et al. 1978-: 6: 25; {Schuster-Šewc 1978–1989}: 772-773. The hypothesis of {Machek 1968}: 328, assuming a relatedness to Polish polować 'hunt' does not stand up scrutiny (it is impossible phonetically, morphologically and philologically).
According to the mainstream hypothesis, PS *loviti is related to Lithuanian lavùs 'dexterous', Greek Attic λεία (*λᾱϝιᾱ), Doric λᾱία 'gain', Latin lucrum 'gain', Gothic laun, Old High German lôn 'reward' and Old Irelandic folad 'richness', lúag 'praise' and derived from PIE *leh₂u 'aquire by fighting' (for the root reference form see de Vaan 2008: 349-350 or Kroonen 2013: 329).
However, Derksen 2008: 286 does not mention this etymology at all, claiming "To my knowledge, there are no cognates outside Balto-Slavic". The Slavic lexeme is not listed among cognates of the relevant words by Kroonen 2013: 329, de Vaan 2008: 349-350 and Matasović 2009: 397-398. According to Beekes 2010: 188, who compares Greek ἀπολαύω with Latin lucrum and Gothic laun, "the appurtenance of OCS lovъ 'catch, chase', loviti 'to catch, chase' would require *lh₂eu-, which is an improbable formation".
The etymology is accepted by de Vries 1961: 347-348 and Lehmann 1986: 228-229. The mainstream hypothesis is accepted here, although the case needs further investigation.
Found in clades:
Slavic
Revised by:
Lechosław Jocz
Found in 1 clade by 12 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
79   Bulgarian lovuvam ловувам ɫuˈvuvəm loˈvuvam
93   Czech lovit ˈlɔvɪt ˈlovit An alternative lexeme is 'honit' but 'hunt' is only one of its meaning and not the main one.
80   Macedonian lovi лови ˈɫo̞vi ˈlovi
83   Serbo-Croat loviti ˈɫɔ̌viti ˈlǒviti
85   Slovene loviti lɔˈʋíːti, lɔˈʋìːti lɔˈviːti
78   Old Church Slavonic loviti ловити lɔʋiti loviti
87   Old Polish łowić ˈɫɔvʲitɕ ˈlovʲitɕ
92   Old Czech loviti ˈɫɔβʲici ˈlovjitji
81   Macedonian: Suho lòf lo̞f lov Substantive.
82   Macedonian: Visoka lòf lo̞ɸ lov Substantive.
86   Slovene: Kostel loviti ˈlɔːʋe̝t ˈlɔːve̝t
84   Slovene: Early Modern loviti
References
  • Derksen, Rick: 286
    S.v. Proto-Slavic *loviti '(try to) catch' (ESSJa XVI 106-108). Cf. Proto-Slavic *lovъ 'hunt, hunting' and *lovъkъ 'adroit, dextrous' (ESSJa 111-113), cf. Lith. lavùs 'adroit, dexterous, clever'. There are no cognates outside of Balto-Slavic; even then one might wonder whether Lith. lavùs is be a borrowing.
  • Trubačev, O. N.: 16: 106-108, 111-114
    PS *loviti is derived from PIE *lāu- / *lau- / ləu- 'catch, gain' and related to Lithuanian lavùs 'dexterous', Greek Attic λεία (*λᾱϝιᾱ), Doric λᾱία 'gain', Latin lucrum 'gain', Gothic laun, Old High German lôn 'reward' and Old Irelandic folad 'richness', lúag 'praise'.