Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-

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

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

*legʰ- [1]

to lie (to be in resting position)

Derived terms

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*légʰ-e-ti (root present)
- Albanian: lag
- Balto-Slavic: *legtei
  - Slavic: *leťi (see there for further descendants)
- Celtic: *legeti
  - Old Irish: laigid
    - Irish: luigh
    - Scottish Gaelic: laigh
- Hellenic: *lékʰomai
  - Ancient Greek: λέχομαι (lékhomai)
- Italic: *leɣō
  - Faliscan: 𐌋𐌄𐌂𐌄𐌕 (lecet, 3rd-person singular present)
*légʰ-ye-ti (ye-present)
*logʰ-éye-ti (causative)
- Anatolian:
  - Hittite: 𒆷𒀀𒆠 (la-a-ki)
- Celtic: *logeyeti
  - Old Irish: do·luigi
- Germanic: *lagjaną (see there for further descendants)
- Slavic: *ložiti (see there for further descendants)
*lógʰ-o-s
- Albanian:
  - Albanian: lag
- Balto-Slavic:
  - Slavic: *logъ (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *lagą (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic: *lókʰos
  - Ancient Greek: λόχος (lókhos)
*légʰ-os ~ *légʰ-es-os
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: λέχος (lékhos)
*legʰ-ro-m
- Germanic: *legrą (see there for further descendants)
*legʰ-to-s
- Italic: *lektos
  - Latin: lectus (“bed”) (see there for further descendants)
  - Faliscan: lēta (“bed”)
*légʰ-tro-m
- Germanic: *lehtrą (see there for further descendants)
- Hellenic: *léktron
  - Ancient Greek: λέκτρον (léktron)
*legʰ-yo-m
- Celtic: *legyom
  - Old Irish: lige
    - Irish: luí
- Celtic: *uɸo-legyom
  - Brythonic:
    - Old Breton: gueli
      - Middle Breton: guele
        Breton: gwele
    - Old Welsh: gueli
      - Welsh: gwely
    - → Irish: golighe (obsolete)
*legʰ-yeh₂
- Celtic: *legyā
  - Gaulish: *legā, *ligā
    - Latin: Liger
      - → French: Loire
    - Old English: Ligeraceaster
      - → English: Leicester
    - Medieval Latin: lias
      - Old French: lies
*logʰ-yo-m
- Slavic: *lože
Unsorted formations:
- Germanic: *lēgaz (see there for further descendants)
- Germanic: *lōgą (see there for further descendants)

References

De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill