Words that come from Proto-Indo-European leys

233 words across 35 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European leys — including lore, folklore, lair, folkloric, leery, folklorist, lear, larn.

See the etymology of leys itself →

English (85)

German (27)

Dutch (12)

Danish (10)

Norwegian Nynorsk (10)

Swedish (9)

Middle English (9)

Old English (7)

Old Saxon (5)

Old Dutch (4)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old High German (4)

Luxembourgish (4)

Gothic (4)

Spanish (4)

Middle Low German (4)

Icelandic (3)

Catalan (3)

Afrikaans (2)

French (2)

Faroese (2)

Yiddish (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Old Norse (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Polish (1)

Latvian (1)

Italian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Hungarian (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)