lei

Galician

/lei/

noun

Definitions

law
religion, credence, worship of a god

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese lei inherited from Latin lex, lēgem inherited from Proto-Italic *lēg- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-s

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

lex Latin
lex, lēgem Latin
lēgem Latin
*legʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-s Proto-Indo-European
lei Portuguese
lei Old Portuguese
*lēg- Proto-Italic