Where does “lei-” come from?

lei- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European ēl- — awl, prong.

lei- (Proto-Indo-European): to flow, pour; to bend; to pour, to flow, to drip

Definitions

  1. to flow, pour; to bend; to pour, to flow, to drip

Ancestry of “lei-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanēl-awl, prong

Words derived from “lei-

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ēl-