*leit-

The core idea of this root was:

hating, despising

It’s the origin of English to loath.
In German, it has focused more back on the suffering that might be cause for the loathing. Or the suffering that it causes to loath :).

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This root gave rise to 14+ German words.

Word Family 14 words

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