•lee (a sheltered place, especially a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind) · lee (the side of the ship away from the wind)
lee (the state of not being windy due to something blocking the wind), (as a more common translation) shelter · lee (side of the ship away from the wind)
zıt: lovart
köken: From Old Norse hlé, from Proto-Germanic *hlewą.
köken: Deverbal from захисти́ти (zaxystýty). From root хист- (xyst-), possibly related to хи́жа (xýža). Etymologically unrelated to homosemous Russian защи́та (zaščíta).