Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Facing away from the flow of a fluid, usually air.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA protected cove or harbor, out of the wind. · The side of the ship away from the wind. · A sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind (see also leeside); shelter; protection. · Calm, peace.
From Middle English lee, from Old English hlēo, hlēow (“shelter, protection”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw (whence also Proto-Slavic *xlěvъ), from Proto-Germanic *hlaiwaz (compare German Lee (“lee”), Swedish lä, Danish læ, Norwegian le, Old Norse hlé, Dutch lij), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (compare Welsh clyd (“warm, cozy”), Latin calēre (“to warm up”), Lithuanian šiltas (“warm, pleasant”), Sanskrit शरद् (śarad, “autumn”)).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionleeenm
- Inherited-form mentionhlēoang
- Inherited-form mention*hlaiwgmw-pro
- Cognate mention*xlěvъsla-pro
- Inherited-form mention*hlaiwazgem-pro
- Cognate mentionLeede
- Cognate mentionläsv
- Cognate mentionlæda
- Cognate mentionleno
- Cognate mentionhlénon
- Cognate mentionlijnl
- Derivation mention*ḱley-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionclydcy
- Cognate mentionšiltaslt
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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