Celto-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> root shared with Gaulish *alawda (“skylark”); compare Latin alauda (“lark”). IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯.wɑz/ *<span class="searchmatch">laiwaz</span> n lark *laiwarikǭ → <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-Finnic:...
Borrowed from <span class="searchmatch">Proto</span>-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> *<span class="searchmatch">laiwaz</span>. *lëivo lark (bird of family Alaudidae) Synonym: *kiuru Inflection of *lëivo Estonian: lõo, lõoke Finnish: leivo Võro:...
diminutive of *<span class="searchmatch">laiwaz</span> (“lark”). Further origin uncertain. According to Kuiper, from a European substratum (substrate) word, possibly a Celto-<span class="searchmatch">Germanic</span> root shared...