Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lek-

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

*lek-[1]

  1. to jump, scuttle along

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lek- (6 c, 0 e)

Unsorted formations:

  • Latin: locusta (“locust”)[2]
  • Proto-Germanic:
    • Norwegian: lakka (“to hop, patter about”)
    • >? Middle High German: lecken (“to hop”)[3][4]
  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lekt-
    • Proto-Slavic: *letěti (“to fly”)
    • Latvian: lḕkt (“to spring, jump”)
    • Lithuanian: lė̃kti (“to fly”)
  • Ancient Greek: ληκάω (lēkáō, “to dance to music”)[5]
  • Proto-Albanian: *awa-laka
    • Albanian: flak (“to throw, fling, eject”)

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 398
  2. ^ 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 399
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “lėkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
  4. ^ 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 399
  5. ^ 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 399
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