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Where does “lēju-” come from?

lēju- (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European leh₁y-u- — smooth.

Ancestry of “lēju-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁y-u-smooth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₁y-u- →