Reconstruction:Latin/laidum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, disgusting”). For the treatment of borrowed þ, compare *exfridāre and troppus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edit*laidum (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
Reconstruction notes
editAttested in Old French from ca. 1100 as laiz (Song of Roland) and in Old Catalan from ca. 1280 as letja (Fèlix o Llibre de meravelles).[1]
Descendants
edit- Old Catalan: leg, leix
- Franco-Provençal: lèdo
- Old French: lait (see there for further descendants)
- Gascon: lèd, lèg, lès, lèu
- Old Occitan: lag, lach, lait
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*laiþ”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 440