Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂leg-

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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂leg-

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

*h₂leg-[1]

1. to care for

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂leg-

• *h₂lég-e-ti (thematic root verb)[2]
  • >? Proto-Germanic: *lekaną
    • ⇒ Proto-Germanic: *lēkiz (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Hellenic: *alégō
    • Ancient Greek: ἀλέγω (alégō, “to care, mind, heed”)
  • Proto-Italic: *legō
    • Latin: *legō (only in dī-ligō, intel-legō, neg-legō (these may be derivatives of Latin legō, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, but were at least influenced by this verb))
      • ⇒ Latin: *religō (“to observe”)
        • ⇒ Latin: religiō (“reverence”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Oscan: leíguss
    • Paelignian: lexe
• *h₂lḗg-s-t (s-aorist)[3]
  • Italic:
    • Latin: -lēxī (in compounds above)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • >? Ancient Greek: ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)

References

1. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 247
2. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 247
3. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 247