Derivational etymology, which reverses the one found in the Et. Magnum. Homer has ληΐη for "booty", which is almost identical with λήϊον. Hence two possibilities: either ληΐη "booty" is derived from λήϊον, as the seizure of cattle grazing in the fields (Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 563: Λήϊα: Τὰ σιτοφόρα χωρία· καὶ συναιρέσει, λῇα. Ἐτυμολογεῖται παρὰ τὸ ΛΑ ἐπιτατικὸν, καὶ τὸ ἰέναι, λάϊον, καὶ λήϊον· παρὰ τὸ λίαν ἰέναι καὶ αὔξεσθαι τὸ σιτοφόρον πεδίον· ὅθεν καὶ λεῖα, ἡ τῶν τετραπόδων κτῆσις ἡ νεμομένη τὰ λήϊα), or the opposite, the field is the place where plunder takes place