Reconstruction:Latin/laidum
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This Latin 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. |
Latin
Etymology
From Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, disgusting”). For the treatment of borrowed þ, compare *exfridāre and troppus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
*laidum (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
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
- Old Catalan: leg, leix
- Franco-Provençal: lèdo
- Old French: lait (see there for further descendants)
- Gascon: lèd, lèg, lès, lèu
- Old Occitan: lag, lach, lait
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*laiþ”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 440