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Where does “lewb-” come from?

lewb- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European lew- — dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

lewb- (Proto-Indo-European): to peel, break, damage; to shed, peel, break off

Definitions

  1. to peel, break, damage; to shed, peel, break off

Ancestry of “lewb-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlew-dirt, mud; to cut, remove, prune, separate; to...

Words derived from “lewb-”

  • left
  • lofty
  • lib
  • loft
  • leftist
  • leftover
  • Luftwaffe
  • loftiness
  • loftily
  • leftmost
  • leftward
  • Lufthansa
  • Lofty
  • hayloft
  • lefty
  • lefthanded
  • leftism
  • lofting
  • leftwards
  • cockloft
  • leftish
  • leftfield
  • libber
  • leftie
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