Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryElectromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light. · Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye or in nearby ranges (infrared or ultraviolet radiation). · Electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. · A source of illumination.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *lewktom Proto-Germanic *leuhtą Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“to shine”). Cognates * Scots licht (“light”) * Saterland Frisian Ljoacht, Lucht (“light”) * West Frisian ljocht (“light”) * Dutch licht (“light”) * German Licht (“light”) * German Low German Licht (“light”) * Limburgish Leech, Leet, Léït (“light”) * Luxembourgish Liicht (“light”) * Vilamovian łicht (“light”) * Yiddish ליכט (likht, “light”) * Danish and Norwegian Bokmål lys (“light”) * Elfdalian liuos (“light”) * Faroese and Icelandic ljós (“light”) * Norwegian Nynorsk ljos, ljus, lys (“light”) * Swedish ljus (“light”) * Latin lūx (“light”) * Russian луч (luč, “beam of light”) * Armenian լույս (luys, “light”) * Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”) * Persian رُخش (roxš).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Root classification mention*lewk-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionlightenm
- Inherited-form mentionlēohtang
- Inherited-form mention*leuhtgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*leuhtągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*lewktomine-pro
- Cognate mentionlichtsco
- Cognate mentionLjoachtstq
- Cognate mentionljochtfy
- Cognate mentionlichtnl
- Cognate mentionLichtde
- Cognate mentionLeechli
- Cognate mentionLiichtlb
- Cognate mentionłichtwym
- Cognate mentionליכטyi
- Cognate mentionliuosovd
- Cognate mentionljosnn
- Cognate mentionljussv
- Cognate mentionlūxla
- Cognate mentionлучru
- Cognate mentionլույսhy
- Cognate mentionλευκόςgrc
- Cognate mentionرُخشfa
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