Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/lewd-
Proto-Indo-European
editRoot
edit*lewd-
Reconstruction notes
editSeveral descendants show abstracting semantic shifts from “to bend down” (or “crouch over”) to negative qualities or states of being, but these seem to be independent. Compare the semantics of English stoop.
Derived terms
edit- *lud-eh₂ye-ti
- >? Proto-Germanic: *lutōną (“to conceal”) (perhaps denominal or deadjectival) (see there for further descendants)
- *lewd-o-s
- Proto-Germanic: *leutaz (“deceitful, dishonhest”) (see there for further descendants)
- Unsorted formations:
- >? Albanian: lut (“to plead”)
- Proto-Germanic: *lūtaną (“to bow, stoop”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ (West Germanic) *lūtilaz (“little”, literally “tending to stoop down”) (see there for further descendants)
- >? Lithuanian: liūdė́ti (“to be sad”)
- >? Lithuanian: liū̃dnas (“sad”)
- >? Proto-Slavic: *lȗdъ (“crazy, foolish”) (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*leu̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 415