Where does “leș” come from?

leș (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish لش, from Albanian Lezhë, from Latin Lissus, from Ancient Greek Λίσσος, from Ancient Greek λισσός, from Ancient Greek λίς, from Ancient Greek Λέων, from Ancient Greek λέων — lion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage.

leș (Romanian): corpse

Definitions

  1. corpse

Ancestry of “leș”, step by step

leș traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish لش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلش
2AlbanianLezhë
3LatinLissusA city of Illyricum, now Lezhë or Alessio
4Ancient GreekΛίσσοςLissus; Lezhë, Albania
5Ancient Greekλισσόςsmooth
6Ancient Greekλίςlion
7Ancient GreekΛέωνlion
8Ancient Greekλέωνlion; Leo, the zodiacal sign; lionheart, savage

via Bulgarian лес

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianлесa large and centuries-old forest
2Old Church Slavonicлѣсъforest; woods
3Proto-Slaviclěsъforest, woods

via Hungarian les

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlescover, hideaway, ambush; hide, blind; offside
2Proto-Ugricläćɜhiding place; lurk
Every word from Ancient Greek λέωνEvery word from Ancient Greek ΛέωνEvery word from Ancient Greek λίς