leu-g-2 : lu-g- : lū-g-

    leu-g-2 : lu-g- : lū-g-

    English meaning: black; swamp

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schwärzlich; Sumpf” (after der Farbe)

    Note: Root leug-1 : “to bend” : Root leu-g-2 : lu-g- : lū-g- : “black; swamp” derived from Root leu-2 (*leuĝh-): “to cut off, separate, free”.

    Material: Gk. λῡγαῖος “dark, finster”, wherefore (with prefix ἠ-, compare O.Ind. ü-nīla- “ blackish, darkish “) ἠλύ̆γη “dark”, ἐπῆλυξ “( whereas darkness is =) schattengebend”, ἐπηλυγάζομαι, -ίζομαι “ũberschatte, bedecke”; Maybe Alb. lugë ‘spoon, scoop”, Gheg lug “valley, ditch”, Tosc luginë “valley” Illyr. lugas m. or luga f. ‘swamp, marsh” (Strabo 314: ἕλος Λούγεον καλούμενον by Σεργεστε), whereof with Lat. forms -ütum derived Alb. lëgatë “puddle, pool, slop, swamp, marsh”; nasalized Alb.Gheg lang, Tosc lëng “drink, liquid, broth, juice”; Lith. liũgas “morass”, besides lũgas, Ltv. FlN Ludze (*lugi̯ü); IE *lougi̯ü in: R.C.S. luža ‘swamp, marsh, puddle, slop”, etc.; perhaps here Gaul. λοῦγος “raven” in PN Lugu-dūnon “Lyon”, etc. Maybe Alb. lugat “monster, ghost” : Gaul. λοῦγος “raven”

    References: WP. II 414, Trautmann 163; to 1. leu-.