Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/(s)leg-

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

Alternative reconstructions

*(s)leh₁g-, *(s)leǵ-^[1]

Root

*(s)leg-

to tire out, slacken

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)leh₁g- (8 c, 0 e)

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)leg- (2 c, 0 e)

*sl̥né(h₁)g-ti ~ *sln̥(h₁)génti
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: langueō^[2] (through secondary developments)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: λαγγάζω (langázō, “to slacken”) (through secondary developments)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: लङ्ग (laṅga, “limp”) (through secondary developments)
*(s)lé(h₁)g-e-ti
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: λήγω (lḗgō)^[3]
- (?) Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lágati
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *lágati
    - Sanskrit: लगति (lagati)
*(s)lé(h₁)g-seti (se-present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *slágžʰati (see there for further descendants)
*(s)le(h₁)g-s-ós
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: laxus
- (?) Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lakšás^[4]
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *lakṣás
    - Sanskrit: लक्ष (lakṣá)
*(s)le(h₁)g-n-ós
- (?) Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: λᾰ́γνος (lágnos)
- (?) Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lagnás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *lagnás
    - Sanskrit: लग्न (lagna)
*(s)lo(h₁)g-os
- Proto-Germanic: *slakaz^[5]^[6] (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Ancient Greek: λαγαρός (lagarós), λᾰγών (lagṓn), λωγᾰ́νῐον (lōgánion)
- Old Irish: lac (“slack”)
- Tocharian A: slākkär (“sad”)

References

^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “565”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 84
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slaka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 452–453
^ Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “slaka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 506

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “565”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[4] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 84

[kroonen-5] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*slaka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 452–453

[6] Heidermanns, Frank (1993) “slaka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der germanischen Primäradjektive (Studia linguistica Germanica; 33) (in German), Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 506

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