PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Possibly, but uncertain. American Heritage presents Latin lēx from *leǵ- as one analysis and separately allows a possible “laid down” route from *legh-.
/lɔː/ · noun · verb
A binding rule, body of rules, or regular principle; a Scandinavian loan in Old English whose deepest secure family means lie or lay.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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.
Explicitly publishes the alternative deep convergence while qualifying it.
Roots *leg- and *legh-: possible but uncertain lēx comparisonDocuments the competing gather-root analysis already preserved for legal.
Argument for *sleg- behind Latin lexThe canonical graph publishes a proposed competing edge from lēx to *legh- without replacing the existing route.