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Where does “lāwós” come from?

lāwós (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European leh₂wos, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

Ancestry of “lāwós”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂wospeople
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

Words derived from “lāwós”

  • Nicholas
  • Nietzsche
  • Coll
  • liturgy
  • Nicholson
  • laity
  • Nicola
  • Colson
  • Nietzschean
  • Collard
  • Collet
  • Agesilaus
  • Colle
  • Nikolaos
  • lek
  • Nickolas
  • laic
  • laicism
  • liturgic
  • laicization
  • liturgist
  • laicist
  • Nietzscheanism
  • lakin
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