lēk-1 : lǝk-

    lēk-1 : lǝk-

    English meaning: trap

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Reis, zur Schlinge gedrehtes Reis or Strick, in einer solchen fangen”??

    Note: word the Jägersprache (Vendryes Arch. Ling. I 25) Root lēk-1 : lǝk- : trap” : Root lēk-2 : lǝk- : to tear” derived from *nak(u̯), lak(u̯) of Root nogʷ-, nogʷod(h)o-, nogʷ-no- : naked”.

    Material: Lat. laciō, -ere “locken”, lacessō, -ere “ challenge, banter, stir, tease, irritate”, lactō, dē-lectō, dē-liciō “verfũhre, entzũcke”, lax “Koder, loop, noose, snare “ under likewise, laqueus “ a noose, halter, snare, trap “ (voneinem u-stem *lacus?); Maybe Alb. lak “trap, snare, rope”. O.E. lǣ l(a) “twig, branch, Peitsche, Hiebmal, Strieme” (*lühil-)?

    References: WP. II 421 f., WH. I 744 f.

    See also: Perhaps to lek-2.