Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewg-

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

*lewg-

1. to bend

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewg- (19 c, 0 e)

• *lu-né-g-ti ~ *lu-n-g-énti (nasal-infix present)
  • Proto-Celtic: *lungeti (see there for further descendants)
• *lug-ó-s (*-ós adjective)
  • Proto-Germanic: *luką (with substantivizing accent retraction) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: λύγος (lúgos) (with substantivizing accent retraction), ⇒ λυγίζω (lugízō)
• *lug-tó-s
  • Proto-Italic: *luktos
    • ⇒ Proto-Italic: *luktāōr
      • Latin: luctor (see there for further descendants)
• *lug-nó-s
  • Proto-Germanic: *lukkaz (“lock of hair”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *rugnás
    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *rugnás
      • Sanskrit: रुग्ण (rugṇá, “bent, crooked”)
• *lug-s-ó-s
  • Proto-Italic: *luksos
    • Latin: luxus (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations

• Proto-Albanian: *awa-luga
  • Albanian: vlug
• Proto-Germanic: *lūkaną (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *lewǵ- (“to break”)
• *(s)kleh₂w-