Words that come from Proto-Germanic lekaną

167 words across 31 languages descend from Proto-Germanic lekaną — including lake, League, leak, leakage, latch, leaks, leaky, leek.

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English (76)

German (11)

Middle English (10)

Dutch (6)

Finnish (6)

Italian (5)

Old English (5)

Norwegian Bokmål (4)

Middle Low German (4)

Icelandic (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Swedish (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old High German (3)

Luxembourgish (2)

Japanese (2)

Russian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Westrobothnian (2)

Esperanto (1)

German Low German (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Danish (1)

Polish (1)

Limburgish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Middle High German (1)