Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/legʰ-

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

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

*legʰ-

1. to lie (to be in resting position)

Derived terms

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

References

• 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