ἐλαχύς
Ancient Greek
adj-1&3
Definitions
- small, short, mean, little
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus (light, lightweight).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁léngʰus
Gloss
light, lightweight
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
- Christmas light English
- Raghu English
- Spooklight English
- alight English
- antilight English
- arclight English
- backlight English
- bedlight English
- belight English
- betalight English
- black light English
- blacklight English
- booklight English
- candlelight English
- catchlight English
- crosslight English
- dawnlight English
- daylight English
- deadlight English
- downlight English
- droplight English
- dummy light English
- dusklight English
- earthlight English
- enlight English
- enlighten English
- evenlight English
- extragalactic background light English
- feather-light English
- firelight English
- flamelight English
- flashlight English
- floodlight English
- footlight English
- forelight English
- gaslight English
- glowlight English
- guidelight English
- headlight English
- houselight English
- hyperlight English
- icelight English
- idiot light English
- inlight English
- jacklight English
- kilolight English
- lamplight English
- lanternlight English
- leadlight English
- light English
- light along English
- light bulb English
- light due English
- light equation English
- light horse English
- light into English
- light line English
- light money English
- light organ English
- light out English
- light spectrum English
- light up English
- light waterline English
- light-bearing English
- light-fingered English
- light-footed English
- light-headed English
- light-heeled English
- light-horseman English
- light-legged English
- light-minded English
- light-sensitive English
- light-spirited English
- light-struck English
- light-tight English
- light-winged English
- lightable English
- lightbar English
- lightboard English
- lightboat English
- lightbox English
- lightcurve English
- lighten English
- lighter English
- lightest English
- lighteth English
- lightface English
- lightfaced English
- lightfast English
- lightfront English
- lighthead English
- lighthearted English
- lighthouse English
- lightie English
- lighting English
- lightish English
- lightkeeper English
- lightless English
- lightlike English
- lightly English
- lightman English
- lightmans English
- lightmap English
- lightmapping English
- lightmonger English
- lightness English
- lightpath English
- lightplane English
- lightpost English
- lightproof English
- lightray English
- lightroom English
- lightsaber English
- lightscape English
- lightshade English
- lightshift English
- lightship English
- lightskin English
- lightskirt English
- lightsome English
- lightspeed English
- lightstick English
- lightstrip English
- lightvessel English
- lightweight English
- lightwell English
- lightwood English
- lightwork English
- lightworker English
- limelight English
- looplight English
- lovelight English
- lowlight English
- matchlight English
- microlight English
- mislight English
- moonlight English
- multilight English
- nightlight English
- nonlight English
- noonlight English
- overlight English
- owllight English
- penlight English
- pocketlight English
- porchlight English
- portlight English
- prelight English
- quarterlight English
- relight English
- ringlight English
- rushlight English
- safelight English
- sea-light English
- searchlight English
- sidelight English
- skylight English
- snowlight English
- spacelight English
- spotlight English
- starlight English
- stoplight English
- straylight English
- streetlight English
- striplight English
- sub-light English
- sunlight English
- superlight English
- taillight English
- tealight English
- thunderlight English
- top light English
- toplight English
- torchlight English
- tubelight English
- twilight English
- ultralight English
- unlight English
- uplight English
- warlight English
- watchlight English
- waxlight English
- windowlight English
- *levianu Latin
- *levius Latin
- *leviānus Latin
- *leviārius Latin
- allevio Latin
- levicollis Latin
- levipes Latin
- levis Latin
- leviter Latin
- Licht German
- light French
- light Spanish, Castilian
- ἐλάχιστος Ancient Greek
- *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁léngʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *leuhtą Proto-Germanic
- leohtbrædnes Old English
- leohtbære Old English
- leohtfæt Old English
- leohtlic Old English
- leohtlice Old English
- leohtsawend Old English
- lēoht Old English
- रघु Sanskrit
- लघु Sanskrit
- light Middle English
- lith Middle English
- lithe Middle English
- litht Middle English
- lythe Middle English
- *lьgъkъ Proto-Slavic
- lleu Catalan, Valencian
- लघु Hindi
- ușor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lagu Indonesian
- లఘుకోణము Telugu
- lagu Malay
- *leuht gmw-pro
- *Hlagʰúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- lishor Aromanian
- ljiushor Aromanian
- *leɣʷis Proto-Italic
- leav Romansh
- lev Romansh
- licht Scots
- льгъкъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *Hlagʰúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *Hragʰúṣ Proto-Indo-Aryan
- layita Xhosa
- lait Tok Pisin
- 𑀳𑀮𑀼𑀅 Maharastri Prakrit
- layida Swati
- ಲಘು Kannada
- leti Sranan Tongo
- ليت Gulf Arabic
- لوکو Shina
- laatɩ Farefare
- lagu Kedah Malay