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Where does “læce” come from?

læce (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic lākī, from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

læce (Old English): doctor, physician; leech

Definitions

  1. doctor, physician; leech

Ancestry of “læce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclākīdoctor, physician
2Proto-Germaniclēkijazdoctor, physician
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “læce”

  • leg
  • legevakt
  • øyelege
  • leges
  • tannlege
  • legemiddel
  • hudlege
  • lege
  • legende
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