Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

  • Root

    *legʰ-[1][2]

    1. to lie (to be in resting position)

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ- (35 c, 0 e)
    • *légʰ-t ~ *l̥gʰ-ént (root aorist)[2]
      • Proto-Hellenic:
    • *légʰ-e-ti (thematic present)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *légtei (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Celtic: *legeti (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *lékʰomai
      • Proto-Italic: *leɣō (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Tocharian:
        • Tocharian B: lyäk- (to lie (down), v.it.)[3]
    • ? *legʰ-sḱé-ti[4]
    • *légʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
    • *logʰ-éye-ti (causative)
    • *légʰ-s (root noun)
      • Proto-Tocharian: *li̯äk (thief)[5]
        • Tocharian A: lyäk
        • Tocharian B: lyak
          • Tocharian B: lykuññe (thief, adj.)
    • *lógʰ-o-s
    • *légʰ-os ~ *légʰ-es-os
      • Proto-Hellenic: *lékʰos
    • *legʰ-ro-m
      • Proto-Germanic: *legrą (see there for further descendants)
    • *legʰ-to-s
      • Proto-Italic: *lektos
        • Faliscan: lēta (bed)
        • Latin: lectus (bed) (see there for further descendants)
    • *légʰ-tro-m
      • Proto-Germanic: *lehtrą
        • Proto-West Germanic: *lehtr (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *léktron
    • *legʰ-yo-m
      • Proto-Celtic: *legyom (see there for further descendants)
    • *legʰ-yeh₂
      • Proto-Celtic: *legyā
        • Gaulish: *legā, *ligā
    • *logʰ-yo-m
      • Proto-Slavic: *lože (see there for further descendants)
    Unsorted formations
    • Balto-Slavic:
    • Proto-Germanic: *lēgaz (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *lōgą (see there for further descendants)
    • Tocharian:
    • Tocharian: (< *lēgʰ-[6])
      • Tocharian A: lyāk
      • Tocharian B: lyāk (possibly borrowed from Tocharian A)
    • Tocharian:
      • Tocharian B: *lyśalyñe
        • Tocharian B: lyśalyñeṣṣe

    References

    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
    2. 2.0 2.1 Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 398
    3. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “lyäk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 615
    4. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “löschen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
    5. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “lyak”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 613
    6. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “lyāk”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 615

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