Where does “lingens” come from?

lingens (Latin) comes from Latin lingo, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

lingens (Latin): licking

Definitions

  1. licking

Ancestry of “lingens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlingoI lick
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →
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