Qualities
light (not heavy)
Source:*lьgъkъProto-Slaviccertain
English
light (not heavy)
Polish
lekki
ˈlɛkkʲiCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianлёгкийlëgkijˈlʲoxkʲɪjinherited
The г is pronounced х before к.
- Ukrainianлегки́йlehkyjlɛxˈkɪjinherited
- Polishlekkiˈlɛkkʲiinherited
- Czechlehkýˈlɛxkiːinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianlaganлаганˈlaɡaninherited
Built on the same root as the shorter lak.
- Englishlight (not heavy)
Distant English relative — English light (in weight), Latin levis and *lьgъkъ share an Indo-European root.