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Where does “lú” come from?

lú (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European legʷʰ- — to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary.

lú (Old Irish): small

Definitions

  1. small

Ancestry of “lú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʷʰ-to be easy, be quick, jump, move around, vary

Words derived from “lú”

  • leprechaun
  • leprechaunism
  • leprechaunish
  • leprechaunology
  • leprechaunesque
  • leprechauny
  • leprechaunic
  • leprechaun
  • leipreachán
  • luprachán
  • lucharachán
  • luchorpán
  • luchorp
  • luchrupán
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