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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *alVki
Meaning: sieve, leak
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *leg(')-
Meaning: to leak
Celtic: *leg-, *lekto-, *logā- > OIr legaim `löse mich auf, zergehe, schmelze', fo-llega `(die Tinte) läufte aus'; logaim `faule'; Cymr llaith `feucht', dad-leithio `schmelzen, zergehen lassen'
Russ. meaning: пропускать воду, просачиваться
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *lika-, *likan-, *lakjan- etc.
Meaning: leak
Old Norse: lek-r `leck'; leki m. `Öffnung wodurch Wasser sickert'; leka st. `lecken, rinnen'; leka wk. `Leck machen'
Norwegian: dial. lek; leke; leka vb.
Swedish: dial. läka `Leck, Riss'
Old English: hlec (sic!) `leck'; lecc(e)an `benetzen'
Middle English: leken
English: leak
Old Frisian: bi-leka `austrocknen'
East Frisian: Fris lek sbs.
Middle Dutch: lac 'leck'; leck adj.; lecken; lēken st. `lekken, doorsijpelen, druppelen'
Dutch: lek adj.; lek n.; lekken; { leken }
Middle Low German: leck adj., lak ds.; leken `das Wasser durchlassen', lecken `seihen'
Low German: leck `leck'; leck sbs.
Old High German: lech; ptc. ze(r)-lechen `verlechtzt, leck'
Middle High German: lëchen st./wk. 'austrocknen, vor trockenheit risse bekommen und flüssigkeit durchlassen; verschmachten', lëcken wk. 'benetzen; mit dem badwedel streichen'
German: leck < LG
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1126
Root: leg-1
English meaning: to drip, ooze, flow out
German meaning: `tröpfeln, sickern, zergehen'
Material: Arm. lič `Sumpf' (*lēgi̯ā); air. legaim `löse mich auf, zergehe, schmelze', fo-llega `(die Tinte) läuft aus', dī-leg- (3. Sg. do-lega) `zerstören, vernichten', dīlgend `Vernichtung', mcymr. dílein (*dē-leg-ni-) ds., dileith ds., cymr. llaith, bret. leiz (*lekto-) `feucht', cymr. dad-leithio `schmelzen', air. lecht `Tod', cymr. llaith `letum, caedes, nex' als `*Auflösung', lleas `Tod' (*leg-astu-); vielleicht auch als Kaus. air. do-luigim (*logei̯ō) `lasse nach, verzeihe', dílgud `Verzeihung';
aisl. lekr `leck', leki m. `Leck', ags. hlec (mit falschem h) `leck', nhd. (eigentlich ndd.) Leck, Adj. lech und (ndd.) leck, mnd. lak, aisl. leka stark. V. `das Wasser durchlassen', mnd. leken ds., ahd. ze(r)lechen `zerlechzt, leck', mhd. lechen `Flussigkeit durchlassen, vor Trockenheit Risse bekommen, verschmachten' (lechezen `austrocknen', eigentlich `ausrinnen', nhd. lechzen); Kaus. *lakjan in ags. leccan `benetzen', mnd. lecken `seihen', mhd. lecken `benetzen'; mnd. lak m. n. `Fehler, Mangel, Gebrechen', mengl. lac, nengl. lack ds., afries. lec `Schade'; dehnstufig aisl. lø̄kr m. `Bach', norw. auch `Pfütze'.
References: WP. II 422 f.
Pages: 657
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *ălgi
Meaning: net, sieve
Russian meaning: сеть, сито
Comments: EAS 145, SKE 53 (Kor. is somewhat doubtful: KED 1142 has only ǝlgɨm čhe 'rough sieve' - lit. 'pock-marked sieve'). altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *ĕlge-
Meaning: 1 to sift; 2 sieve
Russian meaning: сито, просеивать
Old Turkic: elge- 1 (OUygh.)
Karakhanid: elge- 1 (MK), ele- 1 (IM), elek 2 (IM) Turkish: ele- 1, elek 2
Tatar: ilɛ- 1, ilɛk 2
Middle Turkic: ele- 1, elek 2 (Sangl.) Uzbek: ela- 1, elak 2
Uighur: ägli- 1, älgäk 2
Azerbaidzhan: älä- 1, äläk 2
Turkmen: ele- 1, elek 2
Khakassian: ilge- 1, ilgek 2
Shor: ele- 1, elek 2
Oyrat: elge- 1, elgek 2
Halaj: häjlä- 1, häjläk 2
Chuvash: alla- 1, alla 2
Tuva: egle- / elge- 1
Tofalar: elge- 1, elgek 2
Kirghiz: ele-, elge- 1, elek, elgek 2
Kazakh: ele- 1, elek 2
Noghai: ele- 1, elek 2
Bashkir: ile- 1, ilek 2
Balkar: ele- 1, elek 2
Gagauz: iele- 1, ielek 2
Karaim: ele-, öle- 1, elek, ölek 2
Karakalpak: ele- 1, elek 2
Kumyk: ele- 1, elek 2
Comments: EDT 143, VEWT 40, ЭСТЯ 1, 261-263, Егоров 24. The behaviour of the internal cluster is phonetically normal (not on a morphemic boundary). Turk. *elgek > WMong. elgeg, Kalm. elgǝg (KW 119, TMN 2, 118, Щербак 1997, 114). turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-atu,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-hak,turcet-shr,turcet-alt,turcet-khal,turcet-chv,turcet-tuv,turcet-tof,turcet-krg,turcet-kaz,turcet-nogx,turcet-bas,turcet-blkx,turcet-gagx,turcet-krmx,turcet-klpx,turcet-sal,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *alga
Meaning: net
Russian meaning: сеть
Evenki: alga
Literary Manchu: alGan
Ulcha: arGa
Nanai: alGa
Oroch: agga
Solon: alga
Comments: ТМС 1, 30. TM > Dag. algan, alxan (Тод. Даг. 119). Nan. > Russ. Siber. algá (Аникин 82). tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-evk,tunget-man,tunget-ulc,tunget-nan,tunget-orc,tunget-sol,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *ǝrkǝmi
Meaning: a coarse sieve
Russian meaning: грубое сито
Modern Korean: ǝlgǝmi
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *aḷ-
Meaning : to sprinkle, bail out
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Telugu etymology :
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Proto-Telugu : *al-uk-
Meaning : to sprinkle, scatter (rice, etc., in a net to lure birds)
Telugu (Krishnamurti) : aluku
Number in DED : 305
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Kolami-Gadba etymology :
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Proto-Kolami-Gadba : *aḷ-k-
Meaning : to sprinkle
Kolami (Setumadhava Rao) : alk-
Naikri : aḷk-
Parji : alk-
Number in DED : 305
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *aḷ-nǯ-
Meaning : to bail out
Notes : The root existed in PK only with the suffix *-nj-.
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Pengo-Manda etymology :
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Proto-Pengo-Manda : *ṛanǯ-
Meaning : to bail out (water) by sprinkling
Manda : ṛanj-
Number in DED : 305
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Kui-Kuwi etymology :
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Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *aḷ-nǯ-
Meaning : to sprinkle; to bail out
Kui : lānja (lānji-) "to sprinkle, scatter around; n. sprinkling"
Khuttia Kui : lanj- "to bail water with hands"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : rānjali "to bail out"
Kuwi (Schulze) : lanjinai "to scatter, speckle"
Sunkarametta Kuwi : ṛanj- "to bail out (pool, by sprinkling action)"
Notes : Vowel lengthening in Kui and Kuwi_F is secondary, as shown by external data; the reasons of this, however, are unknown.
Number in DED : 305
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