leac

I

a flag, flag-stone, so Irish, Early Irish lecc, Welsh llech: *liccâ, *l$$.p-kâ, root lep, a shale; Greek $$Glépas, bare rock; Latin lapis, stone. Stokes and Strachan refer it to the root pl$$.k, flat, Latin planca, English plank, Greek $$Gpláx, plain.

II

a cheek, leacainn, a hill side, Irish leaca, cheek, g. leacan, Early Irish lecco, g. leccan: *lekkôn-; Old Prussian laygnan, Church Slavonic lice, vultus. Root liq, li$$g, appearance, like, Greek $$G-líkos, English like, lyke-wake, German leichnam, body.