Reconstruction:Latin/laidum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, disgusting”). For the treatment of borrowed þ, compare *exfridāre and troppus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
*laidum (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes[edit]
Attested in Old French from ca. 1100 as laiz (Song of Roland) and in Old Catalan from ca. 1280 as letja (Fèlix o Llibre de meravelles).[1]
Descendants[edit]
- Old Catalan: leg, leix
- Franco-Provençal: lèdo, lédou, lèdou
- Old French: lait (see there for further descendants)
- Gascon: lèd, lèg, lès, lèu
- Old Occitan: lag, lach, lait
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*laiþ”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 440