Proto-Indo-European

*leyǵʰ-

‘to lick’

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

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

• lick ← likken ← liccian ← *likkōn ← *likkōną
• lichen ← λειχήν ← λείχω ← *léikʰō ← *léyǵʰti
• lecherous
• cunnilingus ← lingō ← *lingō
• slake ← schlecken ← slecken ← *slikkon ← *slikkōn
• lecher ← lechour ← lecheor ← *likkōn ← *likkōną
• abligurition ← abligurrītiō ← abligurriō ← ligurriō ← lingō
• linctus ← lingō ← *lingō
• lingence ← lingō ← *lingō

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-