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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

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

Words derived from “līra”

  • lire
  • lire
  • lyre
  • lireht
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