Where does “lecchen” come from?

lecchen (Middle English) comes from Old English leċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan, from Proto-Germanic lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “lecchen”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old English	leċċan	to make wet, moisten; to water, wet; to water,...
2	Proto-West Germanic	*lakkjan	to wet, moisten
3	Proto-Germanic	lakjaną	To cause to wet; moisten
4	Proto-Indo-European	leǵ-	to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lakjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan →