Editing Ligurian language (ancient) (section)

=== Ligurian lexicon ===
Some glosses appear in the text of ancient writers. Greek historian [[Herodotus]], while discussing the name of the people known as the [[Sigynnae]] (Greek: ''Sigúnnai''), a [[nomadic]] tribe from Central Europe, noted that the term ''sigynnae'' was also used by the Ligures living "up beyond Marseille" to refer to traders.{{sfn|Clackson|2015|pp=3–5}} The Ligurian name of the [[Po (river)|River Po]], recorded as ''Bodincus'', is said by Pliny to mean "of unmeasured depth", which can be compared to Sanskrit ''budhná''- ('bottom, ground, base, depth'), Latin ''fundus'' and [[Middle Irish]] ''bond'' ('sole of the shoe').{{Sfn|Mees|2024|p=208}} 

Many of the other proposed Ligurian glosses remain uncertain. The term ''lebērís'' (λεβηρίς), recorded by Strabo as a [[Massalia|Massiliote]] word for 'rabbit', is believed to have been borrowed into Latin as ''lepus''. Pliny the Elder mentions ''langa'' or ''langurus'' as a type of lizard inhabiting the banks of the Po River, which Johannes Hubschmid linked to the Latin ''longus'' ('long'). The term ''asia'', meaning 'rye' and recorded by Pliny, could be amended to ''sasia'' and connected to the Sanskrit ''sasya-'' ('corn, grain, fruit, crop') and Welsh ''haidd'' ('barley'), though these connections remain unsure.{{Sfn|Mees|2024|p=208}}