Leite

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱley-“to lean, slope”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hliþą
3. Old Norse · derived fromleiti“hill”
4. English todayLeite

* As a German surname, from the female personal name Aleite, shortened from the name Adelheid. * As a Norwegian surname, from the name of several farmsteads in Norway, from Old Norse leiti (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hliþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”). * As a Portuguese surname, from the noun leite (“milk”).

Words from the same roots