English

leanish

From lean + -ish.

Formed from lean + -ish

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Germanic *hlināną ‘to lean, incline’

Proto-West Germanic *hlinēn ‘to lean’

Old English hleonian ‘to lean, recline, lie down, rest’

Middle English lenen ‘to lean’

English lean

Today it means

adj Somewhat lean.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.