leáigh
Irish (Donegal)
/lʲɑːɟ/, /l̠ʲɑː/, /l̠ʲæːj/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to melt
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish legaid inherited from Proto-Celtic *legāti derived from Proto-Indo-European *leg- (drain, leak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leg-
Gloss
drain, leak
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Leakgate English
- aleak English
- antileak English
- inleak English
- leak English
- leakage English
- leakee English
- leaker English
- leakest English
- leaketh English
- leakless English
- leakproof English
- leaky English
- megaleak English
- microleak English
- overleak English
- superleak English
- *leg- Proto-Indo-European
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lōkiz Proto-Germanic
- leken Middle English
- lekaðr Old Norse
- lekr Old Norse
- liki Esperanto
- dolega Old Irish
- legaid Old Irish
- leagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- colheie Manx
- lheie Manx
- yn-lheie Manx
- *legāti Proto-Celtic
- lik Tok Pisin