Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*ḱley-
8 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-, most common first.
- leeA protected cove or harbor, out of the wind.
- declineDownward movement, fall.
- leanTo incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
- lidThe top or cover of a container.
- inclineTo bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
- LeiteA surname.
- declivityThe downward slope of a curve.
- heterocliteIrregularly declined or inflected.