Proto-IE: *(a)ley-, *lyē- <PIH *H->
Meaning: to stick
Hittite: halina- 'clay' (Tischler 131-2)
Tokharian: A, B li(yā)- 'wipe away, cleanse oneself' (Adams 553)
Old Indian: lināti, láyate, lī́yate `to adhere; cling or press closely, stick to', ptc. līna-
Old Greek: epid. álinsi-s tọ̄̂ ergastēríọ̄; prs. inf. alínẹ̄̂n `aléi̯phẹ̄n' (Hsch.), aor. inf. alī̂nai `epalêipsai' (Hsch.) `bestreiche, salbe'
Germanic: *laj-iz, *lai-z-a- n., m., *lai-z-ōn- f.; *lī-m-a- n., *lai-m-an- m., *lai-m-a- m., n.; *slī-m-a- n.
Latin: lino, -ere, lēvī, litum `schmieren, beschmieren, bestreichen, überziehen', linio, -īre `id.'; līmus, -ī m. `Bodenschlamm, Kot, Schmutz'
Celtic: *lin- > OIr lenaid, pf. rolil `folgen'; lenomnaib `lituris'; Bret linom `litura', as-lenaim `besudle, oblino'
Albanian: ĺeɵ `feuchter Ton, Erde, wie sie nach Austrocknung einer Regenpfutze übrigbleibt'
Russ. meaning: липнуть, лепить
References: WP II 389 f
Comments: sl- in some Germanic forms - probably on analogy with *sley- `smooth, sleek'; cf. lītó- `glatt, schlicht', lī́s, gen. lītós `glattes Tuch', lissǟ̀ pétrǟ `glatter Fels'
