Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “leh₂b-”

119 words across 25 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European leh₂b- — including lambent, limpet, lamprey, lobotomy, lobate, limpin, bilobate, trilobate.

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English (28)

Latin (22)

Italian (14)

French (9)

Galician (6)

Dutch (4)

Portuguese (4)

Spanish (4)

Middle English (3)

Old French (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Ancient Greek (2)

Greek (2)

Ladino (2)

Old English (2)

Late Latin (2)

Asturian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Extremaduran (1)

Translingual (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

New Latin (1)

German (1)

Medieval Latin (1)