SOURCE 01supportsresearch database
Indo-European Lexicon: *leg-
Publishes the traditional reconstruction.
Root *leg-- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Linguistics Research Center
- YEAR
- Not recorded
- PUBLISHER
- University of Texas at Austin
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 322
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openproposed
Is the deepest root *leǵ- or *sleǵ-?
The traditional *leǵ- reconstruction remains widely represented, while published scholarship argues that the gather or collect root began with *s. The graph preserves both analyses.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 322
-logy
/-lədʒi/ · noun combining form
A bound English word element used in formations involving discourse or expression and in names of doctrines, theories, sciences, and fields of study.
01
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
3 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
Argues that initial *s belongs in the reconstruction.
Argument for *sleg-- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Elwira Kaczyńska
- YEAR
- 2013
- PUBLISHER
- University of Seville repository
SOURCE 03contextresearch database
IE-CoR Cognate Set 1529: λέγω
Independently represents the Greek evidence under *leg-.
Cognate set 1529- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- IE-CoR Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Cross-Linguistic Linked Data
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- proposed
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- UT Austin LRC and IE-CoR publish *leg-; Kaczyńska argues for initial *s.
The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.