Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁lengʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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

*h₁lengʰ- or *h₁lenǵʰ-[1]

to revile?

Derived terms

Category Terms derived from the PIE root *h₁lengʰ- not found

*h₁lengʰ- (root present)
- Anatolian:
  - Hittite: 𒇷𒅅𒍣 (li-ik-zi, “I swear”)[2]
- Germanic:
  - Old High German: antlingen (“I answer”)
- Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: ἐλέγχω (elénkhō, “I revile, disgrace”)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “405”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1
Alwin Kloekhorst (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “405”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1

[2] Alwin Kloekhorst (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon, Leiden, Boston: Brill Academic Publishers