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