lē(i)-1 : lǝi-

    lē[i]-1 : lǝi-

    English meaning: to wish

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “wollen”

    Material: Gk. (Dor.) λῆν “wollen”, el. λεοίτᾱν “ἐθελοίτην”, gort. λείοι, λείοντι etc., Ion. λῆμα n. “volition”, *λώς “wish, Wahl” (to λῆν, as ζώς to ζῆν), therefrom compar. λώιον “better” (Hom. only λώιον, λωΐτερον), superl. λώιστος, λῶστος; λαιδρός “ pert, audacious”, λαιμός “wild, ausgelassen”, also λῑρός “ cheeky, lascivious “; doubtful λίᾱν, Ion. λίην “very, allzusehr”, λῖ (Epicharm) ds., λην λίανHes., Verstärkungspartikel λαι-(σποδίας), λι-(πόνηρος), λᾱ- (κατάρᾱτος; rhythm. lengthening for *λᾰ-), as well as λέως (*ληFος), Ion. λείως adv. “whole, vollständig”; whether “after wish, in gewũnschtem Ausmaße” - “very, to very”? Perhaps here O.Ir. air-le f. “Beratung” (*ari-lai̯ü), irlithe “gehorsam”; Gmc. *la-Þō f. “Einladung” in O.Ice. lǫð “das Einladen”, Run. laÞu, Goth. laÞaleikō adv. “willing”, denominative Goth. laÞōn “einladen, berufen”, O.Ice. laða ds., O.E. laðian, O.H.G. ladōn “laden, berufen”; in addition ablaut. M.H.G. luoder “Lockspeise, Schlemmerei” (out of it Fr. leurre), Ger. Luder.

    References: WP. II 394 f., Schwyzer Gk. I 539, M. Leumann Mus. Helv. 2, 7 f.