Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lataz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *lh₁d-o-, verbal adjective from the root *leh₁d- (to be tired).[1] Cognate with Latin lassus (weary, faint).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

*lataz (comparative *latizô, superlative *latistaz)

  1. slow, sluggish
  2. lazy
  3. late

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lata-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328