Proto-Celtic · reconstructed language
*sleixsantī
noun
Meaning
- thigh
Etymology / origin
From *sleixs- + *-antī (body part suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pléygʰ-s-, from *(s)pleygʰ- (“to go, move”) (compare Sanskrit: प्लेहते (plehate)). Cognate with Ancient Greek πλιχάς (plikhás, “space between thighs”), πλίσσομαι (plíssomai, “to cross the legs”).
- πλιχάς(Ancient Greek)→
- *(s)pley-(ine-pro)→
- sleixsantī (Proto-Celtic)
- Relations: root, cog
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