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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
Noun
lestr m (plural listri or lestroù)
- container, vessel
- vessel, ship
Derived terms
Old Norse
Noun
lestr m or f
- reading
Descendants
References
- “lestr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
Noun
lestr
- Soft mutation of llestr.
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.