Words that come from Proto-Indo-European leys-

400 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European leys- — including less, learn, list, lesser, listing, learner, lore, delirium.

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English (212)

Dutch (25)

Swedish (16)

Esperanto (14)

Danish (12)

German (8)

Latin (7)

Italian (7)

Gothic (7)

Luxembourgish (7)

Old Dutch (6)

Russian (6)

Cebuano (5)

French (5)

Ido (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Saxon (4)

Afrikaans (3)

Old High German (3)

Icelandic (3)

Polish (3)

Irish (3)

Catalan (3)

Faroese (2)

Old Polish (2)

Yiddish (2)

Galician (2)

Spanish (2)

Portuguese (2)

Old Swedish (1)

Proto-Italic (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Chavacano (1)

Kashubian (1)

Crimean Tatar (1)

Volapük (1)

Greek (1)

Latvian (1)

Proto-Balto-Slavic (1)

Japanese (1)

Tagalog (1)

Middle English (1)

Old English (1)

Bavarian (1)

Scots (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European leys- — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer