licht
Middle Dutch
adj
Definitions
- light, not heavy
- lighthearted
- light, easy
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch *līht inherited from *lį̄ht inherited from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light, lightweight, move lightly).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁lengʷʰ-
Gloss
light, lightweight, move lightly
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corpus Latin
- levis Latin
- leggiadro Italian
- allicht Dutch, Flemish
- devotielicht Dutch, Flemish
- dwaallicht Dutch, Flemish
- inlichten Dutch, Flemish
- kaarslicht Dutch, Flemish
- knipperlicht Dutch, Flemish
- kunstlicht Dutch, Flemish
- licht Dutch, Flemish
- lichtbeeld Dutch, Flemish
- lichtbreking Dutch, Flemish
- lichtekooi Dutch, Flemish
- lichtelijk Dutch, Flemish
- lichtgas Dutch, Flemish
- lichtgewicht Dutch, Flemish
- lichtinval Dutch, Flemish
- lichtjaar Dutch, Flemish
- lichtknop Dutch, Flemish
- lichtkracht Dutch, Flemish
- lichtkroon Dutch, Flemish
- lichtlichaam Dutch, Flemish
- lichtpunt Dutch, Flemish
- lichtreactie Dutch, Flemish
- lichtsabel Dutch, Flemish
- lichtschip Dutch, Flemish
- lichtsnelheid Dutch, Flemish
- lichtstraal Dutch, Flemish
- lichttoren Dutch, Flemish
- lichtvat Dutch, Flemish
- lichtvervuiling Dutch, Flemish
- lichtvoetig Dutch, Flemish
- lichtzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- lichtzwaard Dutch, Flemish
- maanlicht Dutch, Flemish
- noorderlicht Dutch, Flemish
- pillicht Dutch, Flemish
- poollicht Dutch, Flemish
- schemerlicht Dutch, Flemish
- stoplicht Dutch, Flemish
- straatlicht Dutch, Flemish
- theelicht Dutch, Flemish
- toelichten Dutch, Flemish
- tweelicht Dutch, Flemish
- vederlicht Dutch, Flemish
- verkeerslicht Dutch, Flemish
- zodiakaallicht Dutch, Flemish
- zoeklicht Dutch, Flemish
- zonlicht Dutch, Flemish
- zwaailicht Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁léngʰus Proto-Indo-European
- *linhtaz Proto-Germanic
- leoht Old English
- léttr Old Norse
- *lьgъkъ Proto-Slavic
- llai Welsh
- lichtvat Middle Dutch
- vat Middle Dutch
- liht Old High German
- līht Old High German
- luchorpán Old Irish
- lugu Old Irish
- lig Afrikaans
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *lį̄ht gmw-pro
- *līht Old Dutch
- liehtfat Old Dutch
- *lengeti Proto-Celtic
- liht Old Saxon
- *leɣwis Proto-Italic
- *leχwī Proto-Italic
- *Hragúš Proto-Iranian