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Where does “leh₁-” come from?

leh₁- (Proto-Indo-European): soft, calm; lazy, slow

Definitions

  1. soft, calm; lazy, slow

Words derived from “leh₁-”

  • lenient
  • lenity
  • leniently
  • lenis
  • lenify
  • overlenient
  • lenitude
  • semperlenity
  • dagesh lene
  • allenare
  • lenis
  • lenitudo
  • lenitas
  • lenifacio
  • leniens
  • leniceps
  • lenire
  • lene
  • leniter
  • lenifians
  • spiritus lenis
  • lenità
  • lenire
  • леность