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Where does “lihwizô” come from?

lihwizô (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European lekʷs-.

lihwizô (Proto-Germanic): thigh, groin

Definitions

  1. thigh, groin

Ancestry of “lihwizô”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlekʷs-—

Words derived from “lihwizô”

  • lire
  • lyre
  • lire
  • lira
  • lireht
  • līra
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