(s)leug-, (s)leuk-

    (s)leug-, (s)leuk-

    English meaning: to swallow

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schlucken”

    Grammatical information: partly nasal present (s)lu-n-gō, (s)lu-n-kō

    Material: Gk. λύγξ, -γγος f., λυγμός (probably *λυγγμός) m. “the Schlucken”, λύζω “have den Schlucken”, (*λύγγι̯ω), λυγγάνομαι Hes. ‘schluchze”; *(s)leuk- in λυγκαίνω ds., λαυκανίη (v. l. λευκανίη) “throat, gullet”; λύγδην ‘schluchzend”; O.Ir. slucim, Ir. sloigim ‘schlucke” (*slunk-ō), Welsh llyncu, Bret. lonka ‘schlucken”, O.Bret. roluncas “hat verschlungen”; *(s)lung- in O.Ir. -lungu “I eat, trinke”, Welsh llewa “eat, drink” (*lugamü); Nor. slūka st. V. “verschlingen”, M.L.G. slūken st. V. “hinunterschlucken”, M.H.G. schlūchen sch. V. ‘schlingen, schlucken”, LateO.H.G. slūch m. “gullet”, M.H.G. slūch “gullet, abyss”; with ū: O.Ice. slok n. “trough, Wasserrinne”, M.L.G. sloke “gullet, gulp”, with kk: M.H.G. slũcke “aperture “, slucken ‘schlingen, schlucken, schluchzen”, M.L.G. slucken, Dutch slokken ‘schlingen”; with au Nor.sløykja “rinnenartige Vertiefung”; Lith. pa-laũkis “ dewlap of Rindes”; Clr. ɫūkaty, wRuss. ɫkać ‘schlucken”.

    References: WP. II 717 f., Berneker 749.