Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂leybʰ-

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

*h₂leybʰ-

to pour, anoint
to consecrate?

Derived terms

*h₂léybʰ-om ~ *h₂lóybʰ-om
- Proto-Italic: *leiβom ~ *loiβom
  - Latin: lībum (“(consecrated) cake”)
*h₂léybʰ-r̥
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “unguent, resin”)
*h₂loybʰ-éh₂
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἀλοιφή (aloiphḗ, “grease, unguent”)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: lībō (“I consecrate, pour, libate”)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “I anoint”)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀλείφω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64