Where does “lee” come from?

lee (Votic) comes from Proto-Finnic leet'ek — fine beach sand.

lee (Votic): sandbank, shoal

Definitions

  1. sandbank, shoal

Ancestry of “lee”, step by step

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