lā(i)p-, lǝip-, lǝp-

    lā[i]p-, lǝip-, lǝp-

    English meaning: to burn, be bright

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “leuchten, brennen”

    Material: Gk. λάμπω “leuchte”, λαμπάς “torch”, λαμπρός “luminous” (with originally bare präsensbildendem nasal); O.Ir. lassaim “flamme”, lassair “flamma”, Welsh llachar “gleaming” (*laps-); Lith. lópė “light”, Ltv. lüpa “torch”, O.Pruss. lopis “flame”; Hitt. lap- “glow, hot sein”. Besides with i-voc. O.Ind. lip- “entzũnden”, O.Ice. leiptr “lightning”, Lith. liepsnà “flame”, lìpst “burns”, Ltv. lipt “gleam, kindle, inflame”, nsorb. lipotaś “flicker”.

    References: WP. II 383, Trautmann 149, Kuiper Nasalpräs. 152, Mũhlenbach-Endzelin II 439, 475.