lestr

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Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton lestr, from Proto-Brythonic *llestr, from Proto-Celtic *lestrom (“pot”) (compare Welsh llestr (“vessel, receptacle”), Irish leastar), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to gather”) + *-trom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛst/, /ˈlɛstʁ/

Noun

lestr m (plural listri or lestroù)

  1. container, vessel
  2. vessel, ship

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Noun

lestr m or f

  1. reading

Descendants

  • Icelandic: lestur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lester
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lester

References

  • “lestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

lestr

  1. Soft mutation of llestr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llestr lestr unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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