SOURCE 01supportsresearch database
Indo-European Lexicon: *leg-
Supplies the traditional gather-root analysis.
Root *leg- and Latin reflexes- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Linguistics Research Center
- YEAR
- Not recorded
- PUBLISHER
- University of Texas at Austin
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 127
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openproposed
Is *leǵ- the only published root shape behind intelligent?
No. The traditional *leǵ- analysis remains probable, while *sleǵ- is a published alternative. Neither reconstructed shape is treated as an attested word.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 127
intelligent
/ɪnˈtɛlɪdʒənt/ · adjective
Having or showing understanding, judgment, or mental capacity; borrowed from the Latin participle of intellegere.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02challengesjournal article
The Indo-European Origin of Latin lex
Supplies the published alternative root shape.
Argument for *sleg-- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Elwira Kaczyńska
- YEAR
- 2013
- PUBLISHER
- University of Seville repository
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- proposed
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- The UT Austin Indo-European Lexicon supplies *leg-; Kaczyńska argues for *sleg-.
The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.