Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-

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]

to lie (to be in resting position)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *legʰ- (27 c, 0 e)

*légʰ-e-ti (root present)
- Proto-Balto-Slavic: *légtei (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *legeti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *lékʰomai
  - Ancient Greek: λέχομαι (lékhomai)
- Proto-Italic: *leɣō (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: lyäk- (“to lie (down)”, v.it.)^[2]
*légʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
*logʰ-éye-ti (causative)
- Anatolian:
  - Hittite: 𒆷𒀀𒆠 (la-a-ki)
- Proto-Celtic: *logīti (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *lagjaną (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Slavic: *ložiti (see there for further descendants)
*légʰ-s (root noun)
- Proto-Tocharian: *li̯äk (“thief”)^[3]
  - Tocharian A: lyäk
  - Tocharian B: lyak
    - ⇒ Tocharian B: lykuññe (“thief”, adj.)
*lógʰ-o-s
- Proto-Albanian:
  - Albanian: lag
- Proto-Balto-Slavic:
  - Proto-Slavic: *logъ (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *lagą (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *lókʰos
  - Ancient Greek: λόχος (lókhos)
- Proto-Tocharian: *leke^[4]
  - Tocharian A: lak (“bottom (of a river)”)
  - Tocharian B: leke (“resting place, bed”)
  - ⇒ Proto-Tocharian: *lekäi (“resting place, bed; rest”)^[5]
    - Tocharian A: lake
    - Tocharian B: leki
*légʰ-os ~ *légʰ-es-os
- Proto-Hellenic: *lékʰos
  - Ancient Greek: λέχος (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 (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic: *léktron
  - Ancient Greek: λέκτρον (léktron)
    - Greek: λέκτρο (léktro)
*legʰ-yo-m
- Proto-Celtic: *legyom
  - Old Irish: lige
    - Irish: luí
  - ⇒ Proto-Celtic: *uɸo-legyom
    - Proto-Brythonic:
      - Old Breton: gueli
        Middle Breton: guele
        Breton: gwele
      - Old Welsh: gueli
        Welsh: gwely
      - → Irish: golighe (obsolete)
*legʰ-yeh₂
- Proto-Celtic: *legyā
  - Gaulish: *legā, *ligā
    - → Latin: Liger
      - → Old English: Ligeraceaster
        English: Leicester
      - French: Loire
      - Medieval Latin: lias
        Old French: lies
*logʰ-yo-m
- Proto-Slavic: *lože (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Old Prussian: lasto (< *logʰ-sth₂-eh₂?)
- Proto-Germanic: *lēgaz (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *lōgą (see there for further descendants)
- Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: lest
  - Tocharian B: lesto
- Tocharian: (< *lēgʰ-^[6])
  - Tocharian A: lyāk
  - Tocharian B: lyāk (possibly borrowed from Tocharian A)
- Tocharian:
  - Tocharian B: *lyśalyñe
    - ⇒ Tocharian B: lyśalyñeṣṣe

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ 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
^ 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
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “¹leke*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 607–608
^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “leki*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 607
^ 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

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] 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

[3] 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

[4] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “¹leke*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 607–608

[5] Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “leki*”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 607

[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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