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Where does “laimô” come from?

laimô (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

laimô (Proto-Germanic): clay

Definitions

  1. clay

Ancestry of “laimô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

Words derived from “laimô”

  • lame
  • loom
  • looming
  • loam
  • lameness
  • lamely
  • loamy
  • handloom
  • laming
  • lamer
  • Loamshire
  • broadloom
  • lamebrain
  • drawloom
  • lamebrained
  • loomingly
  • loamless
  • lamage
  • lamish
  • loomless
  • loaminess
  • lametastic
  • lame-o
  • lamesauce
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