Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewǵ-

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

*lewǵ-

1. break (off), shatter

Alternative reconstructions

• *lewg-

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewǵ- (1 c, 0 e)

• *léuǵ-t ~ *luǵ-ént (athematic root aorist)
  • Old Armenian: լուծի (luci, 1sg.aor.ind. of լուծանեմ (lucanem))
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
      • Vedic Sanskrit: रोक् (rok, 2sg.aor.inj.)
• *luǵ-é-ti (thematic present)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ruȷ́áti
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ruȷ́áti
      • Sanskrit: रुजति (rujáti, “to break open, shatter, injure, cause pain”)
  • Lithuanian: lū́žti (“to fracture”)
  • Latvian: lauzt (“to break, fracture”)
  • Proto-Germanic: *leukaną (see there for further descendants)
• *luǵrós
  • Ancient Greek: λυγρός (lugrós, “baneful, mournful”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Ancient Greek: λύγξ (lúnx, “hiccup”)
  • Ancient Greek: λευγαλέος (leugaléos, “sad, wretched”)
  • >? Latin: lūgeō (“to mourn, grieve, lament”)
  • Old Armenian: լուծանեմ (lucanem)
  • Tocharian B: lakle (“pain, suffering”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *luxtus (“contents, crowd, people”) (see there for further descendants)