Words that come from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ-

296 words across 65 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — including Melissa, lick, licking, Melinda, lichen, lecherous, Malinda, lechery.

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English (87)

Latin (37)

French (13)

Serbo-Croatian (12)

Dutch (10)

Old French (9)

Ancient Greek (8)

Lithuanian (8)

Romanian (8)

Greek (6)

Icelandic (5)

Old Armenian (5)

Esperanto (4)

Yiddish (4)

Middle English (4)

Middle Dutch (3)

Swedish (3)

Aromanian (3)

Danish (3)

Proto-Indo-European (3)

Polish (3)

Old Irish (2)

Sanskrit (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Translingual (2)

Italian (2)

Irish (2)

Cornish (2)

Friulian (2)

Spanish (2)

German (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Proto-Slavic (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Proto-Celtic (2)

Frankish (1)

Ukrainian (1)

Faroese (1)

Armenian (1)

Slovene (1)

Russian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Latvian (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Konkani (1)

Kalasha (1)

Persian (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norman (1)

Maharastri Prakrit (1)

Old English (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

New Latin (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Proto-Indo-Iranian (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Late Latin (1)

Old East Slavic (1)

Proto-Indo-Aryan (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — 296 descendants | Etymology Explorer