Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leg-

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

*leg-[1]

  1. to leak

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (7 c, 0 e)
  • *lég-e-ti (thematic root present)
    • Proto-Germanic: *lekaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Celtic: *legeti (“to melt”) (see there for further descendants)
  • *log-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Germanic: *lakjaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *lōg-i-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *lōkiz (see there for further descendants)
  • *leg-to-s
    • Proto-Celtic: *lextos
      • Proto-Brythonic: *leɨθ
  • *lēg-yeh₂

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lekan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 331
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