Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “leyH-”
214 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European leyH- — including lime, limb, limestone, limes, limelight, forelimb, limewater, limbless.
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English (46)
- lime
- limb
- limestone
- limes
- limelight
- forelimb
- limewater
- limbless
- lith
- limy
- birdlime
- limekiln
- limey
- limewash
- limeade
- interlimb
- limejuice
- limewood
- limescale
- brooklime
- limblessness
- limeworks
- limeless
- limby
- intralimb
- delime
- limelike
- limblessly
- lithy
- belime
- delimb
- liminess
- unlimb
- rhizolith
- overlime
- relime
- nitrolime
- lime-twig
- Limeyland
- dislimb
- lime-twigged
- limescaled
- limbline
- limbward
- unlime
- lime disease