Words that come from Proto-Germanic līþaną

323 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Germanic līþaną — including lead, leading, Leiden, leaden, lithe, leaded, leitmotif, unleaded.

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English (65)

German (46)

Swedish (43)

Dutch (35)

Norwegian Bokmål (25)

Old English (15)

Danish (13)

Middle English (12)

Gothic (8)

Icelandic (5)

Luxembourgish (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Norwegian Nynorsk (4)

Old Dutch (3)

Faroese (3)

Finnish (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Spanish (3)

Scots (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Russian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Limburgish (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Portuguese (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old High German (2)

Tagalog (1)

Italian (1)

Galician (1)

Middle Low German (1)