Words that come from Proto-Indo-European les-

213 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European les- — including lose, losing, lease, leasing, leasehold, leery, lorn, leaseback.

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English (52)

German (36)

Danish (33)

Norwegian Bokmål (17)

Dutch (12)

Swedish (11)

Icelandic (7)

Middle English (6)

Middle High German (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Old English (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Saxon (3)

Old Dutch (2)

Old High German (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Old Norse (2)

West Frisian (1)

German Low German (1)

Faroese (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Russian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Cimbrian (1)

Polish (1)

Spanish (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Papiamentu (1)