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Where does “lheie” come from?

lheie (Manx) comes from Old Irish légaid, from Latin legō, 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...

lheie (Manx): to melt; to smelt; verbal noun of lheie

Definitions

  1. to melt; to smelt; verbal noun of lheie

Ancestry of “lheie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishlégaidto read, to study; to read aloud, to recite
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lheie”

  • yn-lheie
  • so-lheiaght
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