Interestingly, the Slavic root, *lęťa, gained popularity beyond Non-Slavic-speaking people, like Hungarians (Lencse) and Latvians (lēca), which was later adopted by Estonians. This is just one example of the many linguistic borrowings shown on the map: French lentille to English lentil, Swedish lins to Finnish linssi, and Old Armenian ոսպն (ospn) to Georgian ოსპი (osṗi).

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