Where does “lēo” come from?

lēo (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic *lēwō, from Proto-Germanic lewô, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

Ancestry of “lēo”, step by step

lēo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *lēwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*lēwōscythe
2Proto-Germaniclewôscythe
3Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via Proto-Germanic *hlaiw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hlaiw—
2Proto-Germanichlaiwazshelter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱley-to shelter, cover; to lean, slope, incline
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “lēo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Proto-Germanic -ô →Every word from Proto-Germanic lewô →