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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-

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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

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    Root

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    *leǵ- (imperfective)[1][2]

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

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

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    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leǵ- (64 c, 0 e)
      • *léǵ-e-ti (root present)[1][3]
        • Proto-Albanian: *ledza[4] (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Hellenic: *légō (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Italic: *legō (see there for further descendants)
        • Proto-Tocharian: *läk- (“to look at, see”, literally “to gather (with the eyes)”)[5]
      • *lōǵ-éh₂ye-ti[6][5]
      • *lḗǵ-s ~ léǵ-es (root noun)[7]
        • >? Proto-Italic: *lēks
          • Latin: lēx (see there for further descendants)
          • Marrucinian: lixs
        • >? Proto-Indo-Iranian:
      • *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)

      References

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      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. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 397
      3. ^ 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
      4. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mbledh”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 251
      5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
      6. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003), “*lōkōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 249
      7. ^ 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

      Further reading

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