Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂leybʰ-

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.

*h₂leybʰ-

1. to pour, anoint
2. to consecrate?

• *h₂léybʰ-om ~ *h₂lóybʰ-om
  • Proto-Italic: *leiβom ~ *loiβom
    • Latin: lībum (“(consecrated) cake”)
• *h₂léybʰ-r̥
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “unguent, resin”)
• *h₂loybʰ-éh₂
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἀλοιφή (aloiphḗ, “grease, unguent”)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Italic:
    • Latin: lībō (“I consecrate, pour, libate”)
  • Proto-Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: ἀλείφω (aleíphō, “I anoint”)

• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀλείφω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64