Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/slágžʰati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *slég⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-se-ti, from *sleg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- +‎ *-seti. Possibly cognate with Latin langueō (“to be limp, sluggish”), laxus (“spacious, wide, loose”), Old English slæc, Old Saxon slac, Old Norse slakr (“slack”), Old Irish lac (“slack”), Ancient Greek λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”).

Verb

*slágžʰati

1. to slip, slide

Derived terms

• *slagžʰnás

Descendants

• Proto-Iranian: *(h)lágžati
  • Baluchi: لغوشای (laǧušaǧ)
  • Pashto: لغزېدل (lağzedël)
  • Persian: لغزیدن (lağzidan), لخشیدن (laxšīdan)