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French
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:.
speculated ultimate origins
Cognate with Old High German liska, lisca ( > Modern German Liesch (“sedge”)), Old Saxon hlus (“rush, reed”), Middle Dutch lies, liesc (“sedge”).
Pronunciation
Noun
laîche f (plural laîches)
- sedge (any plant of the genus Carex)
References
- ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) “lisca”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “681”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lis1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ “laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
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