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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leys-

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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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*leys-[1][2][3][4]

  1. to trace, to track

Derived terms

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  • *le-lóys-e (reduplicated stative)
    • Proto-Germanic: *lizaną (to know) or *lisaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *loys-éye-ti (causative)
    • Proto-Germanic: *laizijaną (to teach) (see there for further descendants)
  • *lis-n̥h₂-tór ~ *lis-n̥h₂-rór (mediopassive causative)[5]
  • *lóys-eh₂ (track, furrow)[3][4]
  • *léys-ti-s ~ *lis-téy-s
    • Proto-Germanic: *listiz (art, cunning) (see there for further descendants)
  • *loys-tis
  • *loys-tos
    • Proto-Germanic: *laistaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:

References

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  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*lei̯s-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 409-10
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “leis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 671
  3. 3.0 3.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2012) “Consonant gradation in the Germanic iterative verbs”, in Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander, Birgit Anette Olsen, Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, editors, The sound of Indo-European: phonetics, phonemics, and morphophonetics, University of Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 271 of 263–288
  6. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[3], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN