lei-2

    lei-2

    English meaning: to eliminate, dissipate, disappear; weak, thin

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “eingehen, abnehmen, schwinden; mager, schlank”

    Note: (from *el-ei-)

    Material: a. Gk. λίναμαι τρέπομαι Hes., λιάζομαι “weiche from, sinke hin”, λειρός (handschr. λειρώς) ὁἰσχνός καὶ ὠχρός Hes. (= Lith. leĩlas ), λῑμός m. “hunger”, λοιμός ‘seuche, Pest”; λινό-σαρκος “from zartem Fleisch”; M.Ir. lían (*lei-no-) “gentle”; léine f. “Hemd” (“*weiches Untergewand”); M.H.G. lī̆ n “lukewarm, faint, languid”, O.H.G. Lino PN, nld. lenig “ ductile “, O.Ice. linr “tender, soft, weak”; lina “lindern, slacken “; Goth. af-linnan “ablassen, fortgehen”, O.Ice. linna “cease lassen, hemmen”, O.E. linnan “cease”, O.H.G. bi-linnan “weichen, cease”, with -nn- from -nu̯-; O.Ice. lǣ n. (*laiwa-) “damage, pity, misfortune, deceit”, O.H.G. gen. lēwes “leider”, O.E. lǣ w “Verstũmmelung”; O.E. O.S. lēf “weak” (*lēi-bho-); from dem concurrent from Goth.-N.. lit- (in Goth. leitils ‘small, wenig”, O.Ice. lítill ds., O.Fris. lītik, bO.Ir. dũnn-leizig, O.Ice. Adverb lítt “wenig, evil, bad”) and WestGmc. lut- (in asächs. luttil, O.H.G. luzzil, liuzil ‘small”, O.E. lȳtel ds.) ergibt sich, daß lei- from *el-ei-, besides leu- from *el-eu- originated sein mũssen; Lith. leĩlas “thin, slim “ (from *leĩras, to Gk. λειρός), Ltv. liẽls “big, large” (“*slim “), with other suffixes Lith. leĩnas, leĩtas “ slim “, ablaut. láinas ds.; líebas “lean, thin”, ablaut. láibas “tender, thin, slim “; Church Slavic liběvъ, libavь, libivъ “lean”, Serb. linjati “ dwindle “, linjati se “mausern”, Denomin. from *lein- (: Lith. leĩnas), Slov. liliti “häuten” (: Lith. leile ́ti “lean become”), leviti se ‘sich häuten” (: Lith. láibinti “dũnner make”); Toch. A lalaṃsk-, В lalaṃske “tender”. b. s-extension leis-, lois- in: Gk. λιαρός “milde, lind” (*lisero-s), λοῖσθος “the zurũckbleibende, hinterste, letzte”, λοίσθιος ds., maybe from *λοιhιστος, Superlativ to *λοιhις = Gmc. *laisiz “less, minder”, O.E. lǣ s, nEng. less, O.S. lēs ds., compar. O.E. lǣ ssa (*laisiza), O.Fris. lessa, superl. O.E. lǣ st and lǣ rest, Eng. least, O.Fris. lērest and lēst, to krimGoth. lista “wenig”; O.H.G. līso adv. “leniter”, M.H.G. adj. and adv. līse, Ger. leise; O.E.ge-līsian ‘schlũpfen, glide, slide”; Lith. líesas, Ltv. líess “lean”; Lith. líesti and lūsti “lean become”, Ltv. líest ds.

    References: WP. II 387 ff., WH. I 807 f., Trautmann 154, Specht IE Decl. 125, Machek Recherches 75 ff. Probably here 1. leig- and leik-, see under S. 676.