An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lee

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2693173An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — LeeJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ Lee, neuter, ‘lee,’ Modern High German only, from Low German lee, ‘place where a calm prevails’; compare Icelandic hlé, English lee (from Anglo-Saxon hleó, ‘protection’).

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