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Where does “leċċan” come from?

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

leċċan (Old English): to make wet, moisten; to water, wet; to water,...

Definitions

  1. to make wet, moisten; to water, wet; to water,...

Ancestry of “leċċan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lakkjan—
2Proto-GermaniclakjanąTo cause to wet; moisten
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “leċċan”

  • lecchen
  • lechen
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