slēgʷ-

    slēgʷ-

    English meaning: to press, oppress, mishandle

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “drũcken, bedrũcken, mißhandeln”

    Material: Gk. λώβη f. ‘schimpfliche Behandlung, disgrace, shame, maltreatment, damage, ruin”, λωβάομαι “behandle schimpflich, mißhandle, verstũmmle, frevle, schädige”; Lith. slogà “plague, Landplage”, with secondary ablaut.: Ltv. slüga “damage, complaint “; Lith.slogus̀ “beschwerlich”, slogìnti “plague”, sluogaĩ “Hölzer zum Beschweren eingeweichten Flachses”; with uo: Lith. slúogas, Ltv. sluogs “clot, chunk, stone, load”, sluodzît “beschweren, niederpressen, thrash”, sluogât, sluoguôt ds.; with ē: Lith. sle ́g-iu, -ti “ distress, press”, Ltv. slēgt ‘shut” (*”zudrũcken”), Lith. slėgtis, slėgte ̃ “Presse, Kelter”, Ltv. atslēga ‘schloß”, slēgs “burden”.

    References: WP. II 714.