li
Norwegian Nynorsk
/liː/
noun-f1
Definitions
- a sloping mountainside or hillside covered with grass or forest.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse hlíð (slope, hillside) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hlīdō inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyteh₂ (something leaned, inclined), *ḱley- (lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱley-
Gloss
lean, shelter, cover, slope, incline, leanVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
坂
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -cline English
- Lian English
- acclivity English
- anticline English
- clitellae Latin
- clivius Latin
- clīvus Latin
- declinare Latin
- dēclīnātiōnem, dēclīnātiō Latin
- inclīnō Latin
- prōclīvitās Latin
- reclino, reclīnāre Latin
- κλίμα Ancient Greek
- κλίνειν Ancient Greek
- κλίνω Ancient Greek
- κλισμός Ancient Greek
- ἑτερόκλιτος Ancient Greek
- *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱleytro Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱleywo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱleywós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱlitóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱloy-wo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱléyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱléyteh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱléytreh₂, *ḱléy-treh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- li Norwegian Bokmål
- *hlainiz Proto-Germanic
- *hlidą Proto-Germanic
- *hlināną Proto-Germanic
- *hliþą Proto-Germanic
- *hlīdō Proto-Germanic
- *hlīþō Proto-Germanic
- lider Swedish
- hlíð Old Norse
- *slojь Proto-Slavic
- hlíð Icelandic
- hlīta Old High German
- líð Faroese
- 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 Gothic
- 𐌷𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌸𐍂𐌰 Gothic
- *klētā Proto-Celtic
- lid Westrobothnian
- *kl(e)inō Proto-Italic