Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lattō

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.

• *laþþō
• *laþō

From an n-stem *laþô ~ *lattaz, though the expected paradigm would be *laþô ~ *luttaz, which presumably underwent leveling; compare the formation of *rattaz. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps the origin is shared with Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”), and both loaned from a pre-Indo-European substrate due to the limited geographical distribution and variation in the final consonant of the stem. Compare Spanish lata, said to be a borrowing from Iberian, and Basque lata (“roof batten”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑt.tɔː/

*lattō f

1. (West Germanic) board; plank; ledge; slat; bar; shelf

• *lattô
• *laþô, *laþþô

The continental West Germanic forms (outside of High German) can go back to *lattō as well as *laþþō.

• Proto-West Germanic: *lattu
  • Old English: lætt; *læþþ, *læþ (< *laþþō)
    • Middle English: latte, lat, lathe, latthe, laththe
      • English: lath
      • Scots: latt, lat, lath
  • Old Frisian: *latt; *latte
    • Saterland Frisian: Latte
    • West Frisian: latte
  • Old Saxon: latta
    • Middle Low German: latte
      • German Low German: Latte, Latt
  • Old Dutch: *latta
    • Middle Dutch: latte
      • Dutch: lat
  • → Old French: late, latte
    • Middle French: latte
      • French: latte
    • → Medieval Latin: latta
      • Catalan: llata
      • Italian: latta
      • Portuguese: lata
      • Spanish: lata
  • Old High German: latta (< *laþþō); latza (doubtful)
    • Middle High German: latte
      • Cimbrian: latta
      • German: Latte
      • Luxembourgish: Lat