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Where does “h₁léngʰus” come from?

h₁léngʰus (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

h₁léngʰus (Proto-Indo-European): lightweight

Definitions

  1. lightweight

Ancestry of “h₁léngʰus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

Words derived from “h₁léngʰus”

  • relevant
  • relief
  • relevance
  • relieve
  • irrelevant
  • elevator
  • leverage
  • lever
  • alleviate
  • levy
  • elevate
  • relieving
  • carnival
  • elevating
  • levers
  • levity
  • Levant
  • levee
  • leaven
  • cantilever
  • relevancy
  • levator
  • Levantine
  • carnivalesque
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