"leǵ-" meaning in Proto-Indo-European

See leǵ- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Root

  1. to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words. Wikipedia link: Vladimir Orel Tags: imperfective, morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: les-
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "*léǵ-e-ti (root present)"
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      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *légō"
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            "1": "grc",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō)"
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        {
          "args": {
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          },
          "expansion": "Doric Greek: ἐλώγη (elṓgē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Doric Greek: ἐλώγη (elṓgē)"
    },
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        {
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *legō\nLatin: legō (see there for further descendants)",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *legō\nLatin: legō (see there for further descendants)"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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            "t": "to look at, see"
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        }
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      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *läk- (“to look at, see”, literally “to gather (with the eyes)”)"
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      "depth": 3,
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            "1": "xto",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian A: läk-"
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "läk-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: läk-",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: läk-"
    },
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      "text": "*lōǵ-éh₂ye-ti"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Germanic: *lōkōną (< *lōkōjaną)"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*lōkōn",
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          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *lōkōn (“to look”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *lōkōn (“to look”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*lōgā́yō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *lōgā́yō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *lōgā́yō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-dor",
            "2": "λωγάω"
          },
          "expansion": "Doric Greek: λωγάω (lōgáō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Doric Greek: λωγάω (lōgáō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*lḗǵ-s ~ léǵ-es (root noun)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*lēks",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Italic: *lēks",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Italic: *lēks"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lēx"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: lēx",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: lēx (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "umc",
            "2": "lixs"
          },
          "expansion": "Marrucinian: lixs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Marrucinian: lixs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "-",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Indo-Iranian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Indo-Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "स्रज्",
            "t": "wreath"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: स्रज् (sraj, “wreath”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*leǵ-no-m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*lignom"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *lignom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *lignom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lignum"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: lignum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: lignum (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*leǵ-mn̥"
    },
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          "args": {
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            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Proto-Italic: *legūmen",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "with insertion"
          },
          "expansion": "(with insertion)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Proto-Italic: *legūmen (with insertion)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "legūmen"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: legūmen",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: legūmen (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "templates": [
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            "2": "*leǵ->collect",
            "id": "os-extension"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "etymon"
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      ],
      "text": "*loǵ-o-s"
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*lógos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *lógos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *lógos"
    },
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      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "λόγος"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Indo-Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "gloss": "forest",
            "tr": "lazūr"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (lazūr, “forest”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (lazūr, “forest”) (possibly)"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European ReC-shape roots",
          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Indo-European imperfective roots",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words."
      ],
      "id": "en-leǵ--ine-pro-root-B1T8asyU",
      "links": [
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "les-"
        }
      ],
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        "imperfective",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Vladimir Orel"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*léǵ-e-ti (root present)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sqj-pro",
            "2": "*ledza"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Albanian: *ledza",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Albanian: *ledza (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*légō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *légō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *légō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "λέγω"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: λέγω (légō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-dor",
            "2": "ἐλώγη"
          },
          "expansion": "Doric Greek: ἐλώγη (elṓgē)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Doric Greek: ἐλώγη (elṓgē)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*legō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *legō\nLatin: legō (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *legō\nLatin: legō (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-toc-pro",
            "2": "*läk-",
            "lit": "to gather (with the eyes)",
            "t": "to look at, see"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Tocharian: *läk- (“to look at, see”, literally “to gather (with the eyes)”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Tocharian: *läk- (“to look at, see”, literally “to gather (with the eyes)”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xto",
            "2": "läk-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian A: läk-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian A: läk-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "txb",
            "2": "läk-"
          },
          "expansion": "Tocharian B: läk-",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tocharian B: läk-"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*lōǵ-éh₂ye-ti"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gem-pro",
            "2": "*lōkōną",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Germanic: *lōkōną",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "< <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"gem-pro\">*lōkōjaną</i>"
          },
          "expansion": "(< *lōkōjaną)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Germanic: *lōkōną (< *lōkōjaną)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*lōkōn",
            "t": "to look"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic: *lōkōn (“to look”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-West Germanic: *lōkōn (“to look”) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*lōgā́yō"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *lōgā́yō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *lōgā́yō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc-dor",
            "2": "λωγάω"
          },
          "expansion": "Doric Greek: λωγάω (lōgáō)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Doric Greek: λωγάω (lōgáō)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*lḗǵ-s ~ léǵ-es (root noun)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*lēks",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Italic: *lēks",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Italic: *lēks"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lēx"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: lēx",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: lēx (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "umc",
            "2": "lixs"
          },
          "expansion": "Marrucinian: lixs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Marrucinian: lixs"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "iir-pro",
            "2": "-",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": ">? Proto-Indo-Iranian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": ">? Proto-Indo-Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sa",
            "2": "स्रज्",
            "t": "wreath"
          },
          "expansion": "Sanskrit: स्रज् (sraj, “wreath”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sanskrit: स्रज् (sraj, “wreath”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*leǵ-no-m"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*lignom"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Italic: *lignom",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Italic: *lignom"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "lignum"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: lignum",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: lignum (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "*leǵ-mn̥"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "itc-pro",
            "2": "*legūmen",
            "der": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒? Proto-Italic: *legūmen",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "with insertion"
          },
          "expansion": "(with insertion)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒? Proto-Italic: *legūmen (with insertion)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "legūmen"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: legūmen",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: legūmen (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ine-pro",
            "2": "*leǵ->collect",
            "id": "os-extension"
          },
          "expansion": "",
          "name": "etymon"
        }
      ],
      "text": "*loǵ-o-s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-pro",
            "2": "*lógos"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic: *lógos",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Hellenic: *lógos"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grc",
            "2": "λόγος"
          },
          "expansion": "Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ancient Greek: λόγος (lógos) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Unsorted formations:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Indo-Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Iranian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pal",
            "gloss": "forest",
            "tr": "lazūr"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (lazūr, “forest”)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "possibly"
          },
          "expansion": "(possibly)",
          "name": "qual"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Persian: [script needed] (lazūr, “forest”) (possibly)"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-Indo-European",
  "lang_code": "ine-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leǵ-",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Indo-European ReC-shape roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Indo-European imperfective roots",
        "Proto-Indo-European lemmas",
        "Proto-Indo-European roots"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Vladimir Orel"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "les-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "leǵ-"
}

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