Gk. lesche

From: Daniel J. Milton
Message: 25856
Date: 2003-09-16

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jdcroft@...> wrote:
> Hi Folks
>
> Does any one know what the "Indo-European" roots
> of the Greek term "lesche" might be?
>
> Regards
>
> John
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If you mean:
lesch-ê , hê, (prob. from *lech-skê, cf. lechos) orig.
couch: hence, funeral bier or tomb (on-line Liddell and Scott),
for 'lechos', Buck has "From IE *legh- "lie".
Dan