Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewǵ-

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

    *lewǵ-[1]

    1. break (off), shatter

    Alternative reconstructions

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewǵ- (15 c, 0 e)
    • *léuǵ-t ~ *luǵ-ént (athematic root aorist)
      • Old Armenian: լուծի (luci, 1sg.aor.ind. of լուծանեմ (lucanem))
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian:
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan:
          • Vedic Sanskrit: रोक् (rok, 2sg.aor.inj.)
    • *luǵ-é-ti (thematic present)
      • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ruȷ́áti
        • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ruȷ́áti
          • Sanskrit: रुजति (rujáti, to break open, shatter, injure, cause pain)
      • Proto-Balto-Slavic:
        • 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: lūgeō (to mourn, grieve, lament)
    • Old Armenian: լուծանեմ (lucanem)
    • Tocharian B: lakle (pain, suffering)[3]
    • Proto-Celtic: *luxtus (contents, crowd, people) (see there for further descendants)

    See also

    References

    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. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 415-6
    3. ^ 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