Proto-Indo-European
*ley-
‘to flow’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ley-.
5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, most familiar first.
- liver ← lyvere ← lifer ← *libru ← *librō
- lethal ← lētālis ← lētum
- lin ← linnen ← linnan ← *linnan ← *linnaną
- littoral ← littoralis ← litus
- blin ← blinnen ← blinnan ← *bilinnaną
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ley-