Leech

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See also: leech and léëch

English

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Etymology

Proper noun

Leech (plural Leeches)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation, derived from the profession leech, a former word for a physician.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Leech is the 6640th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5099 individuals. Leech is most common among White (91.8%) individuals.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

From Middle High German lieht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą. Though Middle High German -ie- yields Ripuarian -ee-, the form is due to early shortening, lowering, and secondary lengthening (cf. leech with Middle High German -ī-).

Pronunciation

Noun

Leech n (plural Leechter, diminutive Leechje)

  1. (central and eastern Ripuarian, Kölsch) light
    • 2015, “Sulang die Leechter noch brenne”‎performed by Miljö:
      Sulang beim Lommi die Leechter noch brenne,
      Sulang ne Funk weiß, wie Stippefott jeiht,
      Sulang dä Pitter noch schleiht,
      Dä Speimanes noch speit:
      Jo, su lang stirv dä Kölsche nit us.
      As long as the lights are still on at Lommi’s ,
      As long as the Funken know their traditional dance,
      As long as the big bell of the Cologne Cathedral still chimes,
      As long as Speimanes still spits:
      Yeah, so long the Colognians won’t die out.

Limburgish

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Etymology

From earlier lieht, from Middle Dutch licht, from Old Dutch lieht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom.

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Noun

Leech n (plural Leechter, diminutive Leechske or Leechschke) (German-based spelling)

  1. light
  2. (colloquial) lamp, candle; any lightsource
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