Original scientific paper

Indo-European *el- ‘to be’

Alemko Gluhak ; Zavod za lingvistička istraživanja HAZU

Abstract

It seems possible that there was an Indo-European root *el- ( *Hel-) 'to be, to
exist’, what was reflected in Latin alacer 'lively, vivid, merry’, Goth, aljan
'eagerness’, OHG ellian, ellen 'eagerness, courage, bravery’, OS, OEng. ellen
id., ON eljan 'strength, daring’ (Gmc. *aljana-) etc. It was also reflected in some
Slavic and Baltic particles (*li, *le; lai), as Slavic particle *si came from IE *es-
'to be’.

Keywords

Indo-European verb; Indo-European to be; etymology

Hrčak ID:

180267

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/180267

Publication date:

21.6.1999.

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