laîche

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See also: laiche, Laiche, and láiche

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French laische, from Old French lesche (sedge), from Frankish *lisca, *liska (sedge), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (sedge), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (reed, sedge). The ultimate origin could be:.

Cognate with Old High German liska, lisca ( > Modern German Liesch (sedge)), Old Saxon hlus (rush, reed), Middle Dutch lies, liesc (sedge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛʃ/
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Noun

laîche f (plural laîches)

  1. sedge (any plant of the genus Carex)

References

  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lisca”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “681”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
  4. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lis1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  5. ^ laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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