↑ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.229
Etymology
Singularized plural of *lik, from Proto-Albanian*lika, from Proto-Indo-European*leikʷ 'to leave, to remain'. Cognate Sanskrit रिणक्ति(riṇákti, “to leave”), Latin linquō, Old High German lihhan[1].