leav
Romansch
adj
Definitions
- (Sutsilvan) light of weight
- (Sutsilvan) easy
Etymology
Inherited from Latin levis (light, not heavy, unimportant, light q, smooth) 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
- *levianu Latin
- *levius Latin
- *leviānus Latin
- *leviārius Latin
- allevio Latin
- corpus Latin
- levicollis Latin
- levipes Latin
- levis Latin
- leviter Latin
- leggiadro Italian
- *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁léngʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *linhtaz Proto-Germanic
- *lьgъkъ Proto-Slavic
- lleu Catalan, Valencian
- ușor Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- llai Welsh
- luchorpán Old Irish
- lugu Old Irish
- *lengeti Proto-Celtic
- lishor Aromanian
- ljiushor Aromanian
- *leɣwis Proto-Italic
- *leɣʷis Proto-Italic
- *leχwī Proto-Italic
- lev Romansh
- *Hragúš Proto-Iranian