GO DEEPERinheritanceproposed
Proto-Indo-European · Indo-European prehistory*leǵ-
to collect, gather; with descendants involving speaking
- SOUND
- Greek λέγω is traditionally derived from PIE *leǵ-; some scholarship argues that an initial *s should be reconstructed.
- MEANING
- The daughter evidence spans collecting and speaking, but the exact semantic path remains reconstructed.
- SCHOLAR
- UT Austin LRC · IE-CoR · Kaczyńska
- CONFIDENCE
- proposed — The competing *sleǵ- analysis prevents an unqualified grade.