el > laghu in other Indo-European languages (4)
Turner’s A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages says Sanskrit word laghu means “light, slight, and quick.” It is derived from the root raṁh meaning “hasten.” He also sets forth cognates of laghu as found in the other Indo-European languages and dialects:
Pali lahu-, lahuka-; Aśokan and Delhi-Tōprā Pillar Edict of Aśoka lahu; Shāhbāzgaṛhī Girnar Rock Inscriptions of Aśoka lahuka-; Language of 'Kharoṣṭhī Inscriptions discovered by Sir Aurel Stein in Chinese Turkestan' lahu; Prakrit lahu- and lahua-; Pashai and Lauṛowānī (dialect of Pahsai) lahū lahū; Sinhalese luhu; Maldivian (dialect of Sinhalese) lui and lū; Savi layéṛo; Old Gujarātī lahuḍaü; Bihari nahlā; Sindhi hariṛo; Lahnda hôla; Kumauni haü; Old Awadhi haruā; Old Gujarātī halūu; Gujarātī haḷu; Marāṭhī haḷū, haḷvā.
The above cognates and the following words related to laghu originate from the Tamil root el.
*saṁlaghuka, “very light; extremely light.” *ālaghayati, “makes soft, become less rigid or hard.” *ullāghayati, “makes light; lifts up.”