From Sanskrit लिहति (lihati), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ-. Cognate with Khowar لِک (lik), Konkani लेंव्चे (leuvce), Persian لیسیدن (lisidan), Russian лиза́ть (lizátʹ), English lick.
ḷíik (Arabic لؕیِیِک)