Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wleykʷ-

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

*wleykʷ-[1][2]

moist, to wet

Derived terms

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

*wléykʷ-ti ~ *wlikʷ-énti
- ⇒ Proto-Italic: *wleikʷōr
  - Latin: līquor (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Tocharian: *lik-
  - Tocharian A: lyīktsi (“to wash”)
*wlikʷ-éh₁-ye-ti (eh₁-stative)
- Proto-Italic: *wlikʷēō
  - Latin: liqueō (see there for further descendants)
*wlikʷ-o-s
- Proto-Celtic: *wlikʷos (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted formations:
- Tocharian B: laikanaträ (“washes”)
- Tocharian B: likṣan- (“washes”)

References

Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯lei̯k^u̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 696-697
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*u̯lei̯k^u̯-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 696-697

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN