Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wleykʷ-

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

*wleykʷ-

1. moist, to wet

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wleykʷ- (9 c, 0 e)

• *wléykʷ-ti ~ *wlikʷ-énti
  • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *wleikʷōr
    • Latin: līquor (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tocharian: *lik-
    • Tocharian A: lyīktsi (“to wash”)
• *wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti (eh₁-stative)
  • Proto-Italic: *wlikʷēō
    • Latin: liqueō (see there for further descendants)
• *wlikʷ-o-s
  • >? Proto-Celtic: *wlikʷos (see there for further descendants)
• *wlikʷ-s-o/eh₂- (perhaps from an s-stem)
  • >? Proto-Celtic: *wlixsos, *wliksos m
    • Proto-Brythonic: *gwlɨx
      • Welsh: gwlych
  • Proto-Italic: *liksos
    • Latin: lixa f (“(washing) water; lye”)
    • Latin: ēlixus (“boiled; sodden”)
    • Latin: prōlixus (“extended, broad; comprehensive; fortunate”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Tocharian B: laikanaträ (“washes”)
  • Tocharian B: likṣan- (“washes”)