Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/slágžʰati

This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *slég⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-se-ti, from *sleg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- +‎ *-seti. Possibly cognate with Latin langueō (“to be limp, sluggish”), laxus (“spacious, wide, loose”), Old English slæc, Old Saxon slac, Old Norse slakr (“slack”), Old Irish lac (“slack”), Ancient Greek λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”).

Verb

*slágžʰati[1]

to slip, slide

Derived terms

*slagžʰnás

Descendants

Iranian: *(h)lágžati
- Baluchi: لغوشای‎ (laǧušaǧ)
- Pashto: لغزېدل‎ (lağzedël)
- Persian: لغزیدن‎ (lağzīdan), لخشیدن‎ (laxšīdan)

References

Morgenstierne, George (1929, 1938) , “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”

[1] Morgenstierne, George (1929, 1938) , “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”