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Proto-Indo-European
Root
*lewk-
bright
to shine
to see
Derived terms
*luk-tó ~ *luk-ró ( deponent root aorist )
Proto-Anatolian:
Hittite: 𒇻𒊌𒅗𒊑 ( lu-uk-ka-ri )
*léwk-e-tor ( deponent )
*léwk-ye-ti
Proto-Hellenic: *leúťťō
Ancient Greek: λεύσσω ( leússō , “ to look upon, I look upon ” )
*luk-yé-ti ( yé-present )
Proto-Anatolian:
Hittite: 𒇻𒊌𒆠𒄑𒍣 ( lu-uk-ki-ez-zi )
*lowk-éye-ti ( causative )
*lewk-éh₁-ye-ti ( stative )
Proto-Italic: *loukēō (see there for further descendants )
*léwk-s-t ( sigmatic aorist ) [ 1]
Proto-Armenian:
Old Armenian: *լոյց- ( *loycʻ- )
*léwk-s ( “ light ” )
*luk-eh₂
*lowk-í-s
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *laukis
Old Prussian: luckis
Proto-Slavic: *lučь (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *laugiz ( “ flame, blaze ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*léwk-mn̥
Proto-Germanic: *leuhmô (see there for further descendants )
*luk-mó-s
*lewk-ó-s
Proto-Armenian:
Old Armenian: լոյս ( loys )
Proto-Celtic: *loukos ( “ white ” )
Proto-Hellenic: *leukós (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *rawkás
Proto-Indo-Aryan: *rawkás
Sanskrit: रोक ( roká , “ light ” )
Proto-Iranian: *rawkáh
Northern Kurdish: rok ( “ day; light; sun ” )
*lowk-ó-s ( “ open space, clearing ” )
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *laukás
Latvian: lauks ( “ field ” )
Lithuanian: laũkas ( “ field, open space ” )
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *lawkás
Proto-Indo-Aryan: *lawkás
Sanskrit: लोक ( loká , “ free space ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Italic: *loukos
Old Latin: loucos
Latin: lūcus ( “ sacred grove, wood ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*lówk-o-s
Proto-Germanic: *lauhaz ( “ clearing, open space ” ) (see there for further descendants )
*lewk-o-dʰro- or *lewk-o-bʰro- ?
*léwk-os ~ *léwk-es-os
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ráwčas (see there for further descendants )
*luk-s-ḱós
*léwk-s-mn̥ ~ *luk-s-mén-s
*lowk-s-neh₂ ( “ moon ” )
*lúk-s-no-s
*léwk-so-s
*lowk-s-tro-m
*lewk-to-s
Unsorted formations:
> ? Proto-Albanian: *leukā
Proto-Albanian: *laukura
Albanian: lakur ( “ naked ” )
Proto-Albanian: *lāuka
Anatolian:
Hittite: 𒇻𒊌 ( lu-uk /luk(k)-/ )
Armenian:
Proto-Balto-Slavic: *lū́ˀśis
Latvian: lūsis ( “ lynx ” )
Lithuanian: lūšis ( “ lynx ” )
Proto-Slavic: *rỳsь ( “ lynx ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Celtic:
Proto-Celtic: *lukato-
Proto-Germanic: *lugô (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Germanic: *luhsaz ( “ lynx ” ) (see there for further descendants )
Proto-Hellenic: *lúnks
Ancient Greek: λύγξ ( lúnx , “ lynx ” )
Proto-Italic:
Descendants
Further reading
References
^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010 ) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 312
^ Cook, A. B. (1914 ) Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion , volume I, Cambridge University Press, page 63