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Where does “lēnis” come from?

lēnis (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European leh₁- — soft, calm; lazy, slow.

Ancestry of “lēnis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁-soft, calm; lazy, slow
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