| Mod.Greek | lafrys | light |
| Anc.Greek | elaphrós | quick, agile |
| Anc.Greek | élaphos | red deer |
| Anc.Greek | laphazo | to pant |
| Germ. | laufen | to run |
| Germ.reg. | läufer | moth;a fish; decoy used in hunting (flutters); Short-toed Tree-creeper, 405; heckläufer Wren, 406 |
| Germ.reg. | laufespe | aspen |
| Germ. | läuferfalke | Kestrel, 234 |
| Goth. | hlifan | to rob |
| Cymric | llif | flow, flood, current |
| Engl. | life | a condition manifested by movement or growth |
| Cymric | llefrith | lively ð11.4. |
| Alb. | luftë | lutte, cf. luctareð11.2. |
| Alb. | leftim | palpitation |
| Engl. | lift | to raise, French leverð11.4. |
| Engl. | leaf | vegetable organ subject to movements |
| Germ. | luft | air; Icel.loft id. |