Proto-Indo-European

*leys-

‘to trace, to track’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *leys-.

15 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *leys-, most familiar first.

• last ← lasten ← lǣstan ← *laistijan ← *laistijaną
• less ← les ← lǣs ← *laisi ← *laisiz
• list ← līste ← *līstā
• learn ← lernen ← leornian ← *liʀnōn ← *lizaną
• lore ← lār ← *laiʀu ← *laizō ← *laizijaną
• lira ← *loizā ← *lóyseh₂
• delirium ← dēlīrō ← līra ← *loizā ← *lóyseh₂
• leer ← leren ← lǣran ← *laiʀijan ← *laizijaną
• larn ← lernen ← leornian ← *liʀnōn ← *lizaną
• deliration ← dēlīrātio ← dēlīrō ← līra ← *loizā
• delirament ← deliramentum ← dēlīrō ← līra ← *loizā
• lirella ← lira ← *loizā ← *lóyseh₂

More words from *leys-

• lirula
• lirated
• mislore

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leys-