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Middle Dutch lake (inherited)
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Middle Dutch lāke (inherited)
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Middle Dutch lieke (mention)
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Middle Dutch leke (mention)
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English leech (cognate)
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Proto-Germanic *lakō (inherited)
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Proto-West Germanic *laku (inherited)
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Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (derived)
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Old Dutch *laka (inherited)
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English leech (cognate)
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Old English læce (cognate)