Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/lьgъkъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Pre-Slavic *lingukas < *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-u-ko-s (see *-ъkъ), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light).

Adjective edit

*lьgъkъ

  1. light (not heavy)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “легкий”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*lьgъkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 297