Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/léwks

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

Etymology

From *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) +‎ *-s (root nominal suffix).

Noun

*léwks f

1. light

Descendants

• Proto-Celtic: *leuxs
  • Gaulish: leux
• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *rúkš
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *rúkṣ
    • Sanskrit: रुच् (ruc, noun)
  • Proto-Iranian: *rúxš
    • Ossetian: рухс (ruxs, “light, red”)
    • Persian: رخش (roxš, “light”)
• Proto-Italic: *louks (see there for further descendants)