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Where does “lugnijaz” come from?

lugnijaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European lewk- — bright; to shine; to see.

Ancestry of “lugnijaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see

Words derived from “lugnijaz”

  • lown
  • lun
  • lun
  • lunt
  • lun
  • lygn
  • lygn
  • logn
  • logn
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →