Where does “Lesh” come from?

Lesh (Albanian) comes from Latin Alexius, from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λέξω, from Proto-Indo-European h₂lek-s-.

Lesh (Albanian): wool, hair, fleece

Definitions

  1. wool, hair, fleece

Ancestry of “Lesh”, step by step

Lesh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Alexius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinAlexius—
2Ancient GreekἌλεξιςhelper, defender
3Ancient Greekᾰ̓λέξωI ward off; ward off
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂lek-s-—

via Proto-Albanian laiša

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianlaiša—

Words derived from “Lesh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂lek-s- →Every word from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λέξω →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἄλεξις →