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legwh-
Light, having little weight.
Derivatives include levity, carnival, elevate, leprechaun, and lung.- Suffixed form *legwh-t‑.
- light2, from Old English līht, lēoht, light;
- lighter2, from Old English līhtan, to lighten. Both a and b from Germanic *līht(j)az.
- Suffixed form *legwh-wi‑. leaven, lever, levity; alevin, alleviate, carnival, elevate, legerdemain, mezzo-relievo, relevant, relieve, from Latin levis, light, with its derivative levāre, to lighten, raise.
- Variant form *lagwh‑. leprechaun, from Old Irish lū‑, small.
- Nasalized form *l(e)ngwh‑. lung, from Old English lungen, lungs (from their lightness), from Germanic *lung‑.
- Latin oblīvīscī, to forget, attributed by some to this root, is more likely from lei-.
[Pokorny legu̯h‑ 660.] |
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