From Middle English legh, lege, lei from Old English lēah from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos. Akin to Old Frisian lāch ("meadow"), Old Saxon lōh ("forest, grove") (Middle Dutch loo ("forest, thicket"); Dutch -lo ("used in placenames")), Old High German lōh ("covered clearing, low bushes"), Old Norse lo ("clearing, meadow"). More at Waterloo.
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