Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/leys-

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.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*leys-[1][2][3]

to trace, to track

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leys-‎ (6 c, 0 e)

*le-lóys-e (reduplicated stative)
- Proto-Germanic: *lizaną or *lisaną (see there for further descendants)
*loys-éye-ti (causative)
- Proto-Germanic: *laizijaną (see there for further descendants)
*lóys-eh₂
*léys-ti-s ~ *lis-téy-s
- Proto-Germanic: *listiz (see there for further descendants)
*loys-tis
- Proto-Germanic: *laistiz
  - Old English: lǣst, lāst
    - English: last
  - Old Frisian: lāst, lēst
    - West Frisian: least
  - Old Saxon: *lēst
    - Middle Low German: lēst
  - Old Dutch: *lēst
    - Middle Dutch: leest
      - Dutch: leest
  - Old High German: leist
    - German: Leist, Leisten
  - Old Norse: leistr
    - Faroese: leistur
    - Norwegian Nynorsk: leist
    - Norwegian Bokmål: lest
    - Swedish: läst
  - Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (laists)
*loys-tos
- Proto-Germanic: *laistaz (see there for further descendants)
*lis-néh₂-tor ~ *lis-n̥h₂-rór (mediopassive causative)
- Proto-West Germanic: *liʀnōn, *liʀnēn (see there for further descendants)

Unsorted formations:
- >? Ancient Greek: λοῖσθος (loîsthos)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “leis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 671
Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “leis-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 671

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN