Number: 1158
Root: lēk-1 : lǝk-
English meaning: trap
German meaning: `Reis, zur Schlinge gedrehtes Reis oder Strick, in einer solchen fangen'??
General comments: Wort der Jägersprache (Vendryes Arch. Ling. I 25)
Material: Lat. laciō, -ere `locken', lacessō, -ere `herausfordern, necken, reizen', lactō, dē-lectō, dē-liciō `verführe, entzücke', lax `Koder, Schlinge' u. dgl., laqueus `Strick als Schlinge' (voneinem u-St. *lacus?); ags. lǣl(a) `Zweig, Peitsche, Hiebmal, Strieme' (*lāhil-)?
References: WP. II 421 f., WH. I 744 f.
See also: Vielleicht zu lek-2.
Pages: 673-674
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