Where does “Léiw” come from?
Léiw (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German lewo, from Proto-Germanic *lēwō, from Proto-Germanic lewô, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
Léiw (Luxembourgish): lion; Leo
Ancestry of “Léiw”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | lewo | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *lēwō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lewô | scythe |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |