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

Etymology

Root

*lewg-^[1]^[2]

to bend

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewg- (16 c, 0 e)

*lu-né-g-ti ~ *lu-n-g-énti (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Celtic: *lungeti (see there for further descendants)
*lug-o-
- Proto-Germanic: *luką (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: λύγος (lúgos), λυγίζω (lugízō)
*lug-tó-s
- Proto-Italic: *luktos
  - Proto-Italic: *luktāōr
    - Latin: luctor (see there for further descendants)
*lug-nó-s
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *rugnás
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *rugnás
    - Sanskrit: रुग्ण (rugṇá, “bent, crooked”)
*lug-so-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)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 685
^ 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

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 685

[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

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