lewk-tó-

“brightness, shining substance”

Widely acceptedlight

light, lucid, lunar, illustrate, luster

Participial from *lewk- "to shine", yielding Latin lūx "light", lūcidus, lūna "moon", English light,‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‍‌ lucid, lunar, illustrate, luster.

bʰeh₂-w-“to shine forth, to appear”bʰerǵ-eyo-“to keep brightening, shining”bʰewk-“to shine, gleam”bʰleg-“to shine, burn, flash”bʰlēg-“to shine, to gleam, to burn”bʰleg-eyo-“to keep burning, blazing”bʰleg-mn̥-₂“blaze, shining fire”bʰleh₁-g-“to set on fire, to blaze”

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