Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *līmazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_līmaz
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ἀλίνωto smearlinōto smearलयतेto cling*(s)ley-
nounmasculinea-stemglue, limeWithin Germanic, related to *laimaz (‘loam, mud, clay’), *laizą (‘clay’) (whence Old Norse leir).From Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH-mo- (whence also līmus (‘mud’)), from *h₂leyH- (‘smear’); compare Sanskrit लयते (layate, ‘to cling’), Ancient Greek ἀλίνω (alínō, ‘to smear’), Latin linō (‘to smear’).Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (‘sticky, slimy’), in which case it is cognate with *slīmą (‘slime, mucus’).