Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/slágžʰati
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *slég⁽ʷ⁾ʰ-se-ti, from *sleg⁽ʷ⁾ʰ- + *-seti. Possibly cognate with Latin langueō (“to be limp, sluggish”), laxus (“spacious, wide, loose”), Old English slæc, Old Saxon slac, Old Norse slakr (“slack”), Old Irish lac (“slack”), Ancient Greek λαγαίω (lagaíō, “to release”).
Verb
*slágžʰati[1]
Derived terms
Descendants
- Proto-Iranian: *(h)lágžati
References
- ^ Morgenstierne, Georg (1929, 1938) “lhanȫ”, in Vol. I: Parachi and Ormuri, Vol. II: Iranian Pamir Languages (Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages), Oslo: Instituttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning; H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), page 269: “*(h)laxšna-”