Where does “-lei” come from?

-lei (Dutch) comes from Old French lei, 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...

-lei (Dutch): means sort, kind, type; added to numerals or some pronouns: indicates the specified number of types

Definitions

  1. means sort, kind, type; added to numerals or some pronouns: indicates the specified number of types

Ancestry of “-lei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchleia law
2Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
3Proto-Italiclēg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “-lei”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →