Middle High German leich

← Old English lac (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *laikaz (derived)

← Middle Low German lēk (cognate)

← Proto-West Germanic *laik (inherited)

← Old High German leih (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (derived)

← Swedish lek (cognate)

→ English lay (cognate)

→ English lai (cognate)

→ German Laich (inherited)

→ German Leich (learned borrowing)

→ French lai (cognate)

→ Central Franconian Lich (inherited)

→ Central Franconian Leich (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish Läich (derived)

→ Pennsylvania German Leich (inherited)