Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*ḱlew-
7 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-, most common first.
- listenTo use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.
- loudOf great intensity.
- leerTo look sideways or obliquely; now especially with sexual desire or malicious intent.
- litheMild; calm.
- auslautSynonym of coda (“the optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants”).
- loudeSound.
- SlaviThe Russian Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated from January 6 through 13 in outstate Alaska, USA, wherever there is a sizable Russian Orthodox population.