Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-

See also: 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

*leǵ- (imperfective)^[1]

to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words.

Synonyms

*les-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ- (34 c, 0 e)

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*léǵ-e-ti (root present)^[1]^[2]
- Proto-Albanian: *ledza^[3] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *légō
  - Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō)
    Doric Greek: ἐλώγη (elṓgē)
- Proto-Italic: *legō
  - Latin: legō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *läk- (“to look at, see”, literally “to gather (with the eyes)”)^[4]
  - Tocharian A: läk-
  - Tocharian B: läk-
*lōǵ-éh₂ye-ti^[5]^[4]
- >? Proto-Germanic: *lōkōną (< *lōkōjaną)
  - Proto-West Germanic: *lōkōn (“to look”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *lōgā́yō
  - Doric Greek: λωγάω (lōgáō)
*lḗǵ-s ~ léǵ-es (root noun)^[6]
- >? Proto-Italic: *lēks
  - Latin: lēx (see there for further descendants)
  - Marrucinian: lixs
- >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Sanskrit: स्रज् (sraj, “wreath”)
*leǵ-no-m
- Proto-Italic: *lignom
  - Latin: lignum (see there for further descendants)
*leǵ-mn̥
- ⇒? Proto-Italic: *legūmen (with insertion)
  - Latin: legūmen (see there for further descendants)
*loǵ-o-s
- Proto-Hellenic: *lógos
  - Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos) (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- >? Middle Persian: [script needed] (lazūr, “forest”) (possibly)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 841–842
^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbledh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 251
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “läk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 596–597
^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lōkōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lēx, lēgis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337

[de_Vaan-1] 1.0 ^1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332

[Beekes-2] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 841–842

[3] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbledh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 251

[Adams-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “läk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 596–597

[5] Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lōkōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249

[6] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lēx, lēgis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337

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