*l-w-k- The hole to the other side
PMA rishu “flame, heat” Sanskrit ravi “sun” Sanskrit raj “to shine” Sanskrit, also ruk “to shine, light, brightness”. IENH 580 : *l[a|ë]w- “to shine” Proto-Nostratic > *l(e|o)-k[h]- “to shine, be bright” Proto-IndoEuropean *l[a|ë]w- “to shine, gleam, glitter” Proto-AfroAsiatic IESSG *l-H-g^- pre-IndoEuropean-Semitic *lo:k- o-grade Proto-IndoEuropean luog n. Old High German luoga f. Old High German luoc “lair, hollow, den, hole” Middle High German o:r-, nas(en)- luoc “ear opening, nostril” Middle High German sla:f-luoc “place to sleep” Middle High German lo:h “place” Old English lo:ch (gen. lo:ges) “place” Old Friesian *l-H-d- Semitic laHdun, luHdun (= PIE *lo:k-) “an oblong excavation in the side of a grave, which is the place of the corpse” Arabic laHada, 'a-lHada IV “he made (dug) a laHd for the corpse, he buried (-hu him)” Arabic VIII “he had recourse (to him or it) for refuge, protection, concealment, covert or lodging” Arabic multaHadun “a place to which one has recourse for refuge etc., a place of refuge, an asylum” Arabic EIEC *leuk- “shine” intransitive presents *leuk-eH1- lu:ceo: “shine” Latin lukke- “shine” Hittite *leuk-e/o- rócate “shines” Sanskrit transitive presents *loukéie/o lu:ceo: “kindle” Latin lukke- “kindle” Hittite raochayeiti “makes shine” Avestan rocáyati “makes shine” Sanskrit derivatives *louko- lo:ch “shining” Middle Irish llug “light (noun)” Welsh lucerna “lamp” Latin logi “blaze” Old Norse *loukyó- leyg-r “flame. blaze” Old Norse li:eg “flame, blaze” Old English loug “flame, blaze” Old High German *lóuko- le:ah (< NE lea) “meadow” (< “opening to the light”) Old English -loo “clearing” Flemish lucha “gleam” Old Church Slavonian luchî “ray of light” Old Church Slavonian amphilúke “twilight” Greek leukós “white” Greek lalukkima “source of light” Hittite rocá- “shining, radiant” Sanskrit *l(e)uk-m(en)- ljo:mi “radiance” Old Norse le:oma “radiance” Old English rukmá- “gold decoration” Sanskrit *l(e|o)k-(e)s- *louksno- lu:an “moon” Old Irish *leuksmen- lu:men “light, opening” Latin *leukstro- lu:strum “purification” Latin *louksneH2- lu:na “moon” Latin lauxnos (pl.) “stars” Old Prussian *luksno- lúkhnos “lamp” Greek rukshá “gleaming” Sanskrit *leuk(e)t- Loucetius Leucetius “light-bringer (epithet of Mars)” Gaulish Loucetius “light-bringer (epithet of Jupiter)” Oscan le:oht “light” (noun) Old English light English lioht “light” (noun) Old High German liuhath “light” (noun) Gothic lukkatta “on the next morning” Hittite *lóuk(es)- “light” lu:x “light” Latin rauchah- “day” Old Persian raochah- “light” Avestan rocís- “light” Sanskrit lócas- “radiance” Sanskrit lyu:ke “light” TokharianB *leuk'- alternative form vûz-lysû “bald” Old Church Slavonian loys (gen. lusoy) “light” Armenian rúshant- “light” Sanskrit RUCFRN ravi “sun” Sanskrit areg-akn “sun”, lit. “eye of the sun” Armenian arew “sun” Armenian IEW *leuk- “shine, light; see” *louko-, *luko- “shining” *leukos- “light” *louki-, *luki- “light” *louk-s-no, -na “lamp, moon” ro:cís “light” Sanskrit loug “flame, fire” Old High German luchî “ray, light” Old Church Slavonian lo:ká- “free (bright) space, world” Sanskrit lu:cus “grove”, originally “clearing in forest” Latin collu:care “make a clearing in a forest” Latin lo:h “overgrown clearing, low shrubs” Old High German laukas “field” Lithuanian lu:men (< *leuk-s-men) “light” Latin lu:na (< *louk-s-na:) “moon” Latin lu:strum (*leuk-s-trom) “sacrifice of atonement, five-year period” Latin lu:stra:- “light up, illuminate” Latin luchair “splendor” Old Irish luk- “shine, light up” Tokharian A, B luk(k)- “light, ignite” Hittite *leu-g- “dark (burnt?), swamp” lu:gaios “dark” Greek luga(s) “swamp” Illyrian luzha “swamp, puddle” Russian Church Slavonian TP Groves and swamps as places where to get into contact with the other side. IEIE: luk- “fire” Elamite lukatta “day breaks” Hittite PMS: ara, ra “to shine, blaze, be bright” Sumerian PMA liho-liho- “fiery, flaming” Hawai'i liso- “to shine” Fiji lisik- “glinting of fiery eyes” Tagalog licau- “shining” Malaysia ria, rian- “to shine” Tai riko- “dazzling” Maori, Tuamotu “to shine” Tuamotu liyab- “flame” Tagalog rau- “sun” Sera, Sissano a-raw- “sun” Tagalog ad-raw- “sun” Indonesia rato- “sun” Are'are rae- “sun” Mate, Nul ra, ra'a- “sun” common Oceanic la, la'a- “sun” common Austronesian laei- “sun” Amblaw lara- “sun” Aru Is. lea- “sun” Ambonese ria, rian- “to shine” Tai raa- “to shine” Malaitan ra, raa- “sunlight” Melanesia rai- “to shine” Polynesia lae- “bright, clear, shining” Hawai'i lai- “shining of sea” Hawai'i raka- “to make fire” Solomon Is. laki- “fire” Motu lake- “fire” Vaturana a-raka- “fire” Suki liko- “to glisten, shine” Hawai'i riko- “to shine brightly” Tuamotu riko- “dazzling” Maori, Tuamotu Back