lēk-1 : lək-

English meaning                      trap

German meaning                     `Reis, zur Schlinge gedrehtes Reis oder Strick, in einer solchen fangen'??

Grammatical comments         

General comments                  Wort der Jägersprache (Vendryes Arch. Ling. I 25)

Derivatives                             

Material                                   Lat. laciō, -ere `locken', lacessō, -ere `herausfordern, necken, reizen', lactō, dē-lectō, dē-liciō `verführe, entzücke', lax `Koder, Schlinge' u. dgl., laqueus `Strick als Schlinge' (voneinem u-St. *lacus?);

                ags. lǣl(a) `Zweig, Peitsche, Hiebmal, Strieme' (*lāhil-)?

References                              WP. II 421 f., WH. I 744 f.

See also                                   Vielleicht zu lek-2.

Pages                                       673-674