Where does “līra” come from?

līra (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic lihwizô, from Proto-Indo-European lekʷs-.

līra (Old English): any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the...

Definitions

  1. any fleshy part of the body, muscle, calf of the...

Ancestry of “līra”, step by step

līra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic lihwizô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclihwizôthigh, groin
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlekʷs-—

via Proto-Germanic ligwizô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicligwizôthigh; groin

Words derived from “līra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lekʷs- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lihwizô →