Turkish pronunciation
liPronunciation
/ˈlē/ /ˈliː/
Etymology
(noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English legh, lege, lei "clearing, open ground" from Old English lēah "clearing in a forest" from Proto-Germanic *lauhō, *laugō (“meadow”) from Proto-Indo-European *louk- (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch "meadow", Old Saxon lōh "forest, grove" (Middle Dutch loo "forest, thicket"; Dutch -lo (in placenames)), Old High German lōh "covered clearing, low bushes", Old Norse lō "clearing, meadow". More at Waterloo.