liht
Old High German
adjective
Definitions
- light not heavy
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light, lightweight, move lightly).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁lengʷʰ-
Gloss
light, lightweight, move lightly
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corpus Latin
- levis Latin
- leggiadro Italian
- licht Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁léngʰus Proto-Indo-European
- lett Norwegian Bokmål
- *leuhtą Proto-Germanic
- *linhtaz Proto-Germanic
- lett Norwegian Nynorsk
- leoht Old English
- leohtbrædnes Old English
- leohtbære Old English
- leohtfæt Old English
- leohtlic Old English
- leohtlice Old English
- leohtsawend Old English
- lēoht Old English
- light Middle English
- lith Middle English
- lithe Middle English
- litht Middle English
- lythe Middle English
- léttleikr Old Norse
- léttr Old Norse
- let Danish
- *lьgъkъ Proto-Slavic
- léttur Icelandic
- llai Welsh
- luchorpán Old Irish
- lugu Old Irish
- lættur Faroese
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *leuht gmw-pro
- *lį̄ht gmw-pro
- *līht Old Dutch
- *lengeti Proto-Celtic
- lætter Old Swedish
- lǣtter, lætter Old Swedish
- ljett Westrobothnian
- *leɣwis Proto-Italic
- *leχwī Proto-Italic
- licht Scots
- *Hragúš Proto-Iranian