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Where does “liha” come from?

liha (Cebuano) comes from Spanish lija, from Spanish lijo, from Latin lixa, from Latin *lixus, from Proto-Indo-European wleykʷ- — moist, to wet.

liha (Cebuano): a sandpaper; to polish or grind with or as if...

Definitions

  1. a sandpaper; to polish or grind with or as if...

Ancestry of “liha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlijasandpaper
2Spanishlijo
3Latinlixalye; water; sutler, camp follower, attendant
4Latin*lixus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwleykʷ-moist, to wet
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