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Where does “lēnas” come from?

lēnas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European leh₁-en-os, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁- — soft, calm; lazy, slow.

Ancestry of “lēnas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁-en-os—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁-soft, calm; lazy, slow

Words derived from “lēnas”

  • леность
  • лен
  • lenj
  • лијен
  • лењ
  • lijen
  • líný
  • lenost
  • lenoch
  • lěnostь
  • lěnъ
  • len
  • лѣнъ
  • лѣность
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₁- →