Where does “lewa” come from?

lewa (Polish) comes from French levée, from French lever, from Middle French lever, from Old French lever, from Latin levō, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus — light.

lewa (Polish): trick; genitive singular of lew; inflection of...

Definitions

  1. trick; genitive singular of lew; inflection of...

Ancestry of “lewa”, step by step

lewa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French levée

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlevéeremoval; levee; feminine singular of the past...
2FrenchleverTo raise, lift; To rise, stand up; To get up
3Middle Frenchleverto lift
4Old Frenchleverto lift; to get up
5Latinlevōto raise, elevate, lift up
6Latinlēvislight, not heavy
7Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Middle High German lëber

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlëber—
2Old High Germanlebaraliver
3Proto-West Germanic*libruliver
4Proto-Germaniclibrōliver
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyp-to stick; fat or sticky substance
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlēy-to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave...

via Proto-Germanic *lēwō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*lēwōscythe
2Proto-Germaniclewôscythe
3Proto-Germanic-ô-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
4Proto-Slavic*-ǫ—

Words derived from “lewa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →