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)

Danish (20)

Dutch (15)

German (11)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Norwegian Bokmål (10)

Middle English (10)

Swedish (9)

Faroese (8)

Middle Dutch (7)

Irish (7)

Icelandic (6)

Old Irish (5)

Old Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Afrikaans (4)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Norse (3)

Old English (3)

Proto-Celtic (3)

Old Frisian (3)

Hungarian (2)

Middle High German (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Danish (1)

Scanian (1)

Chinese (1)

Korean (1)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Japanese (1)

Yiddish (1)

Gothic (1)

Scots (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Limburgish (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European leyH- — 214 descendants | Etymology Explorer