lēu-1

    lēu-1

    English meaning: to slacken

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “nachlassen”

    Note: compare also (s)leu- ‘slack”

    Material: Goth. lēw n. “Gelegenheit”, lēwjan “preisgeben, verraten” (“*ũberlassen”), O.E. lǣ wan ds., O.H.G. gi-, fir-lüen “verraten”; Lith. liáujuos, lióviaus, liáutis “cease”, Ltv. ĺaũju, ĺãwu, ĺaũt “zulassen, allow”, ĺautës ‘sich hingeben”, O.Pruss. aulaūt “die”, ablaut. Lith. lavónas “ corpse “; probably as “zũgellos”, Lith. liánas “lose, pliable, mad, wicked, evil”, Ltv. ĺauns “mad, wicked, evil”; Clr. l”ivūty “ slacken, nachgeben”, l”ivkūj “ lax, lose”, Cz. leviti “lindern, mäßigen”, levnū “wohlfeil”; Russ. dial. luná “death”, lúnutь “losschießen, loslassen”; ablaut. O.C.S. vъlovьnъ “ἤρεμος”, Cz. povlovnū ‘sachte”.

    References: WP. II 405, Trautmann 161.