Where does “Ляев” come from?
Ляев (Bulgarian) comes from Romanian leal, from Italian leale, from Old French leial, from Latin lēgālis, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “Ляев”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | leal | loyal, faithful |
| 2 | Italian | leale | loyal, faithful; honest |
| 3 | Old French | leial | Alternative form of loial |
| 4 | Latin | lēgālis | legal |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |