Where does “lete” come from?

lete (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic leet'ek — fine beach sand.

lete (Veps): sand

Definitions

  1. sand

Ancestry of “lete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicleet'ekfine beach sand
Every word from Proto-Finnic leet'ek
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