Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewǵ-

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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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*lewǵ-[1]

  1. break (off), shatter

Derived terms

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  • *luǵ-é-ti
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ruȷ́áti
    • Lithuanian: lū́žti (to fracture)
    • Latvian: lauzt (to break, fracture)
    • Proto-Germanic: *leukaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *luǵrós
    • Ancient Greek: λυγρός (lugrós, baneful, mournful)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Ancient Greek: λύγξ (lúnx, hiccup)
    • Ancient Greek: λευγαλέος (leugaléos, sad, wretched)
    • Latin: lugeo (to mourn, grieve, lament)
    • Old Armenian: լուծանեմ (lucanem)
    • Tocharian B: lakle (pain, suffering)[2]
    • Proto-Celtic: *luxtus (contents, crowd, people) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 372
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 371