Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leyg-

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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

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Root

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*leyg-[1]

  1. to jump around, run around
    Synonyms: *lek-, *prew-, *sel- (jump)
  2. to play, frolic
    Synonym: *leyd-
  3. to shake, jitter; to dance
    Synonyms: *kʷeh₁t-, *sper-, *weyp-

Derived terms

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  • *lóyg-e-ti (o-grade root present?)
    • Proto-Germanic: *laikaną (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ráyǰati
  • *loyg-éye-ti (iterative)
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • Unsorted formations:

Root

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*leyg-

  1. similar, like
  2. even, level (e.g. of a surface)

Derived terms

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  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
      • Lithuanian: lygiuoti
      • Lithuanian: lýgus (equal, level, flat, even, like)
      • Latgalian: leigt' (to agree, to make peace, to make a deal)
      • Latvian: līdz (flat)
      • Latvian: līdzīgs (alike, similar, equal, even)
      • Latvian: līgt
      • Lithuanian: lygti
      • Old Prussian: līgint, Old Prussian: līginton
    • Proto-Germanic: *līką (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Germanic: *līkāną (see there for further descendants)

Root

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*leyg-[2][3]

  1. illness

Alternative reconstructions

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Derived terms

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  • *lig-eh₂-
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  • *lig-ós
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Old Irish: líach (wretched)
    • Lithuanian: líegti (to be sickly)
    • Lithuanian: ligóti (to be ill)
    • Latvian: ligât (to be ill)
    • >? Old Prussian: licuts (small)
    • >? Ancient Greek: ὀλῐ́γος (olígos, few, little)
    • >? Old Armenian: աղքատ (ałkʻat, poor, indigent)

References

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  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λοιγός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 869
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “liegti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 283