SOURCE 01supportsresearch database
Indo-European Lexicon: *leg-
Publishes the traditional comparison.
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 144
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openproposed
Does Latin lēx securely descend from the gather root *leǵ-?
Not securely. A collection-of-rules bridge is plausible and published, but the direction, root shape, and precise cognates remain disputed.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 144
legislation
/ˌlɛdʒɪˈsleɪʃən/ · noun
The making of laws or laws collectively; from French and Late Latin legislatio, a law-proposing or law-bearing formation.
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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
Preserves uncertainty over root shape, direction, and cognates.
Latin lex analysis- 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 presents the traditional *leg- family; Kaczyńska argues for *sleg- and questions the comparison.
The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.