Where does “lingid” come from?

lingid (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic lengeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

lingid (Old Irish): to leap, to jump

Definitions

  1. to leap, to jump

Ancestry of “lingid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticlengetito jump
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

Words derived from “lingid

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ-Every word from Proto-Celtic lengeti
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