SOURCE 01supportsresearch database
Indo-European Lexicon: *leg-
Publishes the traditional reconstruction and Latin reflex.
Root *leg-- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Linguistics Research Center
- YEAR
- Not recorded
- PUBLISHER
- University of Texas at Austin
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 141
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 deepest root shape?
No. Latin legere is traditionally compared with *leǵ-, while *sleǵ- remains a published alternative.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 141
legible
/ˈlɛdʒəbəl/ · adjective
Capable of being read or deciphered; from Late Latin legibilis and Latin legere “to read.”
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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
Publishes the competing initial-s reconstruction.
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
- UT Austin supplies *leg-; Kaczyńska argues for *sleg-.
The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.