Gaulish:

Leucus

[PN]

Proto-Indo-European:

*lewko- 'bright, shining'

Page in Pokorny:

687ff.

IE cognates:

Lat.

l³x

'light', Go.

liuha?

'light', Gr.

leuko´s

'white', ToB

ly³ke

'light'

References:

EIEC 83, Delamarre 200

Proto-Celtic:

*lowko- 'shine, light' [Noun]

Old Irish:

lo´ch

Middle Welsh:

llug

Proto-Indo-European:

*lowk- 'light'

Page in Pokorny:

687f.

IE cognates:

Lat.

l³x

, ToB

ly³ke

, OCS

lu‰a

'gleam'

References:

EIEC 513

Proto-Celtic:

*lub-o- 'love' [Verb]

Gaulish:

lubi

[Ipv.] (Banassac)

Proto-Indo-European:

*lewb

- 'love'

Page in Pokorny:

683

IE cognates:

lŒof

, Lat.

lub

–d¡

'sexual desire', OCS

ljubiti

Notes:

Although this verb is unattested in Insular Celtic, the meaning of Gaul. forms derived from *lub-o- are well established.

References:

Delamarre 209, LIV 372

Proto-Celtic:

*lud- 'went' [Verb]

Old Irish:

luid

'went' [Pret.]

Proto-Indo-European:

lud

- 'grow, tread'

Page in Pokorny:

684f., 306f.

IE cognates:

Skt.

ro´dhati

'grows', Go.

liudan

'grow', ToB

lac

'went out'

See also:

*ti-n-g-

Notes:

Suppletive aorist to *ti-n-g- 'go'

References:

KPV 456, LIV 248f., EIEC 228

Proto-Celtic:

*lugiyo- 'oath' [Noun]

Old Irish:

lugae

[io n]

Middle Welsh:

lllw

[m/f]

Middle Breton:

[f]

Cornish:

gov-lya

'to swear falsely'

Proto-Indo-European:

lewg

(')h

Page in Pokorny:

687

IE cognates:

Hitt.

haluga-

'news, message', Go.

liuga

'marriage'

Notes:

The semantic connection of the Celtic forms with those in other languages is weak.

References:

KPV 650, Schrijver 1995: 310

Proto-Celtic:

*Lugu- 'god Lug', perhaps originally 'the shiny one' [Noun]

Old Irish:

Lug

[NP]

Middle Welsh:

Llew

Gaulish:

Lugus

Celtiberian:

Luguei

[Dat. s]

References:

EIEC 97, Delamarre 211, Co´lera 1998: 63, 207ff,

Proto-Celtic:

*luk-o- 'see, perceive, set eyes upon' [Verb]

Middle Welsh:

gorllwyn

< *wor-luk-o- 'expect, perceive, follow'

Proto-Indo-European:

*lewk- 'shine'

Page in Pokorny:

687

IE cognates:

Skt.

ro´cate

'shines', OLat.

l³ceo

'make light'

Notes:

From the same root there is in OW

licat

(MW

llygat

) 'well, source', OCo.

lagat

gl. oculus, MBret.

lagat

References:

KPV 459, LIV 418, Falileyev 103

Proto-Celtic:

*lukot- 'mouse' [Noun]

Old Irish:

luch

[t f]

Middle Welsh:

llygoden

[Singulative]

Middle Breton:

loc

(OBret.), Bret.

logodenn

[Singulative]

Cornish:

logoden

gl. mus

[Singulative]

Gaulish:

Lucotios

[PN]

References:

EIEC 387, Campanile 1974: 73, De Bernardo Stempel 1999: 160, 388, Delamarre 210

Proto-Celtic:

*lu-n-g-o- 'put, place' [Verb]

Old Irish:

fo-loing

'support';

fo-

lo´

[Subj.];

fo-lil

[Fut.];

fo-lolaig

[Pret.];

fo-locht

[Pass.]

Middle Welsh:

dillwng

< *d

–

-eks-lu-n-g-o- 'set free'

Proto-Indo-European:

Lat.

luctor

'wrestle',

Go.

ga-

l³kan

'close'

Page in Pokorny:

*lewg

(')

- 'bend'

References:

KPV 461f., LP 379, McCone 1991: 42f.

Proto-Celtic:

*lutƒ 'dirt' [Noun]

Old Irish:

loth

[ƒ f]

Gaulish:

Luto-magus

[Toponym]

Proto-Indo-European:

*lew-to- 'mud, dirt'