Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lek-

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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. jump, scuttle along

Derived terms

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

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

References

1. Mallory, J. P.; 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.; 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. Mallory, J. P.; 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
4. Mallory, J. P.; 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