From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Related to *līmaz (“glue”). IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯.mɑz/ *<span class="searchmatch">laimaz</span> m loam, mud, clay *laimô *laizą *līmaz Old English:...
Within <span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span>, related to *<span class="searchmatch">laimaz</span> (“loam, mud, clay”), *laizą (“clay”) (whence Old Norse leir). From <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Indo-European *h₂leyH-mo- (whence also līmus...