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Where does “hlewą” come from?

hlewą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱelh₁- — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

Ancestry of “hlewą”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “hlewą”

  • lee
  • leeward
  • leeway
  • alee
  • leeside
  • leeboard
  • looard
  • leewards
  • leewardness
  • lä
  • le
  • lo
  • læ
  • lewe
  • lee
  • lew
  • hlēo
  • hlēow
  • hlé
  • Hlévangr
  • hlé
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