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Where does “lau-” come from?

lau- (Proto-Albanian) comes from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

Ancestry of “lau-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

Words derived from “lau-”

  • leckë
  • lajkë
  • laj
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →