Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “legʰ-”
400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — including law, low, lower, lay, fellow, lie, legs, lying.
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English (293)
- law
- low
- lower
- lay
- fellow
- lie
- legs
- lying
- leg
- lawyer
- laying
- lecture
- lawful
- layout
- lays
- unlawful
- litter
- ledge
- lawsuit
- relay
- lain
- lowly
- lecturer
- lawless
- lawfully
- outlay
- outlying
- overlay
- allege
- lair
- layman
- allay
- overlying
- lowland
- lawlessness
- fella
- unlawfully
- lawgiver
- outlier
- belie
- lees
- Legge
- lawmaking
- lawfulness
- lager
- lectern
- lege
- lectin
- inlay
- lowliness
- littering
- layland
- leery
- schoolfellow
- layperson
- overlain
- bootleg
- lowness
- playfellow
- waylay
- liest
- lowermost
- alow
- foreleg
- laager
- lowpass
- lear
- lowdown
- leggy
- layover
- belying
- fellah
- lectureship
- bedfellow
- unlawfulness
- leaguer
- bootlegging
- overlie
- legwork
- lowbrow
- bootlegger
- nonlawyer
- lowlife
- Archilochus
- blackleg
- lawbreaking
- layup
- bricklaying
- lawyerly
- lig
- lawbreaker
- waylaying
- Danelaw
- legging
- lochia
- lawlike
- litterfall
- dogleg
- ledged
- lawlessly
- ultralow
- lawgiving
- blackfellow
- legroom
- littermate
- mislay
- littery
- prelaw
- laywoman
- layaway
- layabout
- lawbook
- blackfellows
- layest
- powerlaw
- Oddfellow
- yokefellow
- lowlander
- lowlight
- lowrider
- blackfella
- lawing
- lowcut
- scofflaw
- egglaying
- cyberlaw
- lowish
- layback
- whitefella
- lowbush
- laytime
- lowboy
- superlow
- lawyerlike
- laired
- litterbag
- lyingly
- lochial
- phosphorelay
- lowbred
- relayer
- inlying
- lowminded
- highlow
- nonlaw
- unlay
- reallege
- midleg
- ledgment
- proleg
- legman
- ledgy
- lowery
- lectica
- gateleg
- tracklaying
- leghold
- allegeth
- minilecture
- lairy
- interlay
- litterbug
- layshaft
- pipelaying
- lowriding
- outlie
- pantleg
- inlayer
- lowlily
- leeriness
- fellowly
- legwear
- leglike
- isolectin
- lawspeaker
- bowleg
- lecturership
- blacklegging
- legginess
- unlying
- uplying
- hogleg
- legbone
- beliest
- workfellow
- belieth
- antilitter
- allayment
- infralow
- lecturess
- allegest
- redleg
- waylayer
- lawyerless
- classfellow
- lawyeress
- lectinlike
- outlierness
- superlawyer
- nonlow
- lowereth
- leglock
- leaflitter
- fellowcraft
- allayer
- antilittering
- leerily
- whitefellow
- forelay
- laystall
- leglet
- downlying
- legginged
- litterer
- lowth
- goodfella
- multileg
- lowlihood
- unlawyerly
- lowerable
- uplay
- leggie
- spindlelegs
- lowerarchy
- lowbell
- allegeable
- fellowless
- outlyingness
- antilawyer
- lowerer
- allayeth
- lecturelike
- leggily
- mislayer
- nonlaying
- nonoutlier
- nonlying
- legside
- fellowlike
- nonlecture
- laymanship
- unlawlike
- lawyerspeak
- lawyerdom
- lowmindedness
- lawyerese
- metalaw
- lowerest
- sublaw
- lairless
- telelecture
- lectureth
- lowbrowism
- nonoutlying
- litterless
- legshow
- Eurolaw
- roughleg
- interlayment
- prelawsuit
- outlawyer
- antibootlegging
- lawmonger
- pewfellow
- nonlittering
- leghole
- lawyerliness
- legpuller
- deadleg
- lagerphone
- lairlike
- pipelay
- leesy
- underleg
- housefellow
- groundlaying
- blocklaying
- belecture
- belitter
- coachfellow
- layship
- misallege
- playfellowship
- superlie
- underfellow
- unfellow
- re-lay
- fellowfeel
- low-key
- low-doc loan
- low-level
- lairiser
- lay out