ἐλελίζω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- I whirl around, turn around
- (Homeric) I cause to turn, I rally
- I cause to vibrate
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyg-
Gloss
shake, tremble, bounce, jump, play, spring, likeness, similarity, image, whirl
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
踊
Emoji
🤝
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laik English
- elelisphacos Latin
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- σφάκος Ancient Greek
- ἐλελίσφακος Ancient Greek
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- *laikaną Proto-Germanic
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- *līkāną Proto-Germanic
- *līką Proto-Germanic
- aglæca Old English
- heaþolac Old English
- lāc Old English
- like Middle English
- եղեսպակ Armenian
- αλιφασκιά Greek (modern)
- līh Old High German
- ling Albanian
- 𐌱𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *laygos Proto-Celtic
- *lāɸigos Proto-Celtic
- *linga Proto-Albanian
- Leich Pennsylvania German
- Leich Plautdietsch