| Anc.Greek | ligus, ligurós | shrill (of a sound); bird trill |
| Anc.Greek | ligitso | to sing loud and clear |
| Anc.Greek | ligaino | crier |
| Roman.: Mold. | lighioanâ | domestic fowl and animals |
| Sbc. | legalica | goose, 27 |
| Sbc. | prilegac | sandpipers, 171; Curlew, 167 |
| Lettish | ligo | a kind of refrain; certain festivities |
| Alb. | ligje | lament |
| Alb. | ligjë | law, ligjëri voice, ligjor, legal |
| Anc.Greek | legein | to speak |
| Anc.Greek | légo | to say, to name |
| Ital. | legge | law: commandment |
| Ital. | leggere | Span. leer, franc. lire |
| Ital. | leggenda | histoire fabuleuse |
| Engl. | legend | an unverifiable story |
| Anc.Greek | logos | word |
| Breton | lugan | war cry |
| Engl. | slogan | war cry; not from Gael. sluagh ghairm, cf. logos (above) |
| ON | lög | law |
| Engl. | law | a commandment; French loi, Span. lei, Lat. lex: the law is the word to be listened to, or obeyed (not akin to lay; law cannot be given an etymology different from legal) |
| Lat. | legalis | pertaining to law |
| Ital. | lucarino et var. | Siskin, 417 |
| Esp. | lûgano et var. | id. |
| Port. | lugre et var. | id. |
| Cat. | llucaret et var. | id. |
| Mod.Greek | lûgaron | id. |
| Esp. | gallo lugareño | domestic cock, 2 |
| Germ. | schlagen | to sing, to call (birds); song of the Nightingale,337; to hit |
| Germ.reg. | sleggergos | Grey Lag-Goose, 28 |
| Engl. | lag-goose | Grey Lag-Goose, 28 |
| Engl. | lag of geese | clamour of geese |
| Anc.Greek | lagos | perhaps the Black Swift, 321 |
| Anc.Greek | lagodias | an owl, prob. the Tawny Owl, 239 |
| Franç.: Lgd. | laghi | sorrow |
| Ital.reg. | pássera lágia | Brambling, 433 |
| Ital. | lágrimare | to cry, lament. Secondairement: verser des larmes, cf. larmesð5.11.8.. Le gr. dakryma paraît être un empr. au roman (avec l>d, cf. UlyssusðOdysseus,olorðodor) |
| Russian | ljazg | noise, crackling |
| Russian | ljaguSka | frog |
| Franç.: Courtisolles | lèz | passing bell |
| Slk. | leziak et var. | Stone Curlew, 154 |
| Ukr. | lezen' | Stone Curlew, 154; Nightjar, 251 |
| Russian | leSin | Stone Curlew, 154 |
| Sbc. | legan et var. | Nightjar, 251 |
| Sbc. | legat | Bee-eater, 265 |
| Sbc. | legalica | goose, 27 |
| Pers. | lek, lik | goose, 27 |
| Dan. | havlyk, havlit | Long-tailed Duck, 55 |
| Russian | aulyk | id. |
| wogul | lejka | id. |
| Sbc. | lek | crowing of the Hooded Crow, 281 |
| Lettish | lecis | Nightjar, 251 |
| Pol. | leczak, lëczak | sandpipers, 171 |
| Bielor. | slucok | sandpipers, 171 |
| Czech | licka | domestic duck, 40 |
| Czech | lkáti | to moan, to lament |
| Ukr. | lykyj piven' | Hoopoe, 263 |
| Russian | likovat' | to call, exult |
| Czech | skreizliken | Barn Owl, 238 |
| Dan. | lighøne | id. |
| Dan. | likka | Lesser Balck-backed Gull, 82 |
| Germ.reg. | likhuhn, leicheneule | Nightjar, 251 (or Barn Owl 238) |
| Germ. reg. | lîkhö'r | Curlew, 167 |
| Nederl. | kijkuil | Barn Owl, 238 |
| Ukr. | driglik | Nightjar, 251 |
| Pol. | lik | id. |
| Germ.reg. | likevurgel | id. |
| Engl.reg. | lich-owl, like-owl | id. |
| Roman. | lichâ, lichitoare | id. |
| Franç.: Gasc. | lictourne | id. |