köken: From Old Swedish enkil, from Middle Low German enkel, from Proto-Germanic *ainkila-, equivalent to en (“one”) + -el. Compare etymology of English simple. Cognate with Danish enkel, enkelt, Norwegian enkel, Icelandic ekkil, Dutch enkel and Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 (ainakls). Compare also Latin singulus with the same suffix. See also änka (“widow”) and änkling (“widower”).
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köken: Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुच्छ (tuccha, “empty”), related to तुच्छ्य (tucchya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tuśćyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tušćyás, from Proto-Indo-European *tus-sḱ-yós. Doublet of छूछा (chūchā).
weak, delicate (unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain) · weak, feeble, frail, faint (lacking in force, strength or ability) · weak, slight, meager (lacking in taste, potency or severity)
çekim: karşılaştırma heikompi · üstünlük heikoin
zıt: vahva, tukeva, luja, vankka, kova, terve
köken: Unknown. Related to Ingrian heikko, Kukkuzi heikko and probably Veps heikembāńe (“weaker”) (South Veps), although such a word is barely attested. Compare also dialectal Estonian äigima (“to die down, subside, weaken”), dialectal Võro heik (“vain”).
light, not heavy · easy to digest · quick, swift, fleet, nimble, rapid
çekim: karşılaştırma levior · üstünlük levissimus
zıt: gravis, lentus
köken: From Proto-Italic *leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus, from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“lightweight”). The original PIE u-stem adjective was remade into a Latin i-stem, perhaps due to contamination from brevis (“short”), though De Vaan suggests that such a development is typical for Latin regardless Influence from brevis may also explain the lack of a nasal in the Latin term, though De Vaan provides a…