læ
Danish
[ˈlɛˀ]
noun
Definitions
- shelter from the wind, lee
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hlé (lee, defence, shelter, shade, defensive place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlewą inherited from Old Norse hlær inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlējaz (warm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱelh₁- (be hot, warm up).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱelh₁-
Gloss
be hot, warm up
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alee English
- lee English
- leeboard English
- leeside English
- leeward English
- leewards English
- leeway English
- calumnia Latin
- calumpniārī Latin
- Lee German
- leewärts German
- lij Dutch, Flemish
- lijzij Dutch, Flemish
- lijzijde Dutch, Flemish
- calomnier French
- *ḱelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- le Norwegian Bokmål
- *hlewą Proto-Germanic
- *hlējaz Proto-Germanic
- *hlēwaz Proto-Germanic
- *slēpaz Proto-Germanic
- lä Swedish
- læ Norwegian Nynorsk
- hlēo Old English
- lee Middle English
- Hlévangr Old Norse
- hlær Old Norse
- hlé Old Norse
- læside Danish
- side Danish
- hlé Icelandic
- lē Middle Low German
- *ćarHáts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ćāradás, *ćarHád- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kalwōr Proto-Italic
- *kalēō Proto-Italic
- šiltas Lithuanian