Proto-Indo-European

*ley-

‘to flow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ley-.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ley-, most familiar first.

• liver ← lyvere ← lifer ← *libru ← *librō
• lethal ← lētālis ← lētum
• lin ← linnen ← linnan ← *linnan ← *linnaną
• littoral ← littoralis ← litus
• blin ← blinnen ← blinnan ← *bilinnaną

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ley-