lókus

“body of still water, lake”

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lake

PIE noun root for a body of still water or lake. Source of Latin lacus, English "lake," and words for standing water.

(s)teh₂n-“to thunder”Hreg-“to wet, to rain”angʷʰi-“eel, snake, water-serpent”bʰerǵ-s-“to protect by enclosing”bʰew-sis-“nature, growth, being”bʰew-tú-“growth, nature, coming-to-be”bʰleh₁-“to blow, to puff”bʰlewH-“to overflow, to well up”