Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-
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

    *leǵ- (imperfective)[1]

    1. to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words.

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ- (35 c, 0 e)
    • *léǵ-e-ti (root present)[1][2]
      • Proto-Albanian: *ledza[3] (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *légō
        • Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō)
          Doric Greek: ἐλώγη (elṓgē)
      • Proto-Italic: *legō
        • Latin: legō (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Tocharian: *läk- (“to look at, see”, literally “to gather (with the eyes)”)[4]
    • *lōǵ-éh₂ye-ti[5][4]
      • >? Proto-Germanic: *lōkōną (< *lōkōjaną)
        • Proto-West Germanic: *lōkōn (“to look”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Hellenic: *lōgā́yō
        • Doric Greek: λωγάω (lōgáō)
    • *lḗǵ-s ~ léǵ-es (root noun)[6]
      • >? Proto-Italic: *lēks
        • Latin: lēx (see there for further descendants)
        • Marrucinian: lixs
      • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Sanskrit: स्रज् (sraj, “wreath”)
    • *leǵ-no-m
      • Proto-Italic: *lignom
        • Latin: lignum (see there for further descendants)
    • *leǵ-mn̥
      • ⇒? Proto-Italic: *legūmen (with insertion)
        • Latin: legūmen (see there for further descendants)
    • *loǵ-o-s
      • Proto-Hellenic: *lógos
        • Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos) (see there for further descendants)
    • Unsorted formations:
      • >? Middle Persian: [script needed] (lazūr, “forest”) (possibly)

    Further reading

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “λέγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 841–842
    3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbledh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 251
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “läk-”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 596–597
    5. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*lōkōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249
    6. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “lēx, lēgis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 337
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