lep-1

    lep-1

    English meaning: expr. root, onomatopoeic words

    Deutsche Übersetzung: Schallwurzel

    Material: O.Ind. lápati ‘schwatzt, flũstert, wehklagt, talks”, rápati ds., püm. lówam, lewam “rede, spreche, say”, Pers. lüba, lüwa ‘schmeichelei”; Maybe truncated Alb. *lápati, llap “chat, talk, speak”, llaf “word, speech” It seems that from Root plab- : (to babble, etc..) derived Root lep-1 : (expr. Root) presumably as *lēpagi- “Besprecher”, O.Ir. līaig (disyllabic), gen. lego (*lī-ago) “physician, medicine man” (keinesfalls to Goth. lēkeis); Russ. lepetátь ‘stammeln, babble, chatter, lallen”, O.Bulg. lopotivъ ‘stammelnd, stotternd”, Russ. lopotátь “plätschern, rant, roister, klatschen”, with somewhat other meaning- turn Ser.-Cr. lepètati “flutter”. Perhaps auf ders. onomatopoeic words Schallvorstellung, but with a-vocalism, based on Gk. λαπίζω “benehme mich minxish, wanton”, λαπιστής “Aufschneider, swaggerer, bragger “ and λαῖλαψ “whirlwind” (as “heulend”).

    References: WP. II 429.