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]

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
    - Breton: leizh
    - Welsh: llaith
*lēg-yeh₂
- Old Armenian: լիճ (lič)
  - Armenian: լիճ (lič)

References

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

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

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