Reconstruction:Latin/lausa

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Gaulish *lausā,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *lausā (“stone”), from Proto-Indo-European *léh₁u-s ~ *l̥h₁w-és, whence also Proto-Celtic *līwos (“stone”), from *leh₁- (“stone”).^[2] Surfaces again in Medieval Latin as lausa, but much later.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlau̯za/

Noun

*lausa f^[3] (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

flagstone

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/ˈlau̯za/	*/ˈlau̯zas/
oblique	*/ˈlau̯za/	*/ˈlau̯zas/

Derived terms

lausia

Related terms

*lausanga (← Gaulish *lausankā^[4])
- Old French: losenge, loseigne, losinge, lozenge [1160, Eneas] (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

Old Catalan: losa
- Catalan: llosa, llova (Mallorca)
Old French: lose [13th century, Guiot]
- Middle French: louze, lose, loze
Galician: lousa, loura
Old Occitan: lausa
- Occitan: lausa
- → French: lauze
- → Portuguese: lousa, loisa
- → Spanish: losa

References

^ Greimas, A.J. (1969) “lose”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 374a
^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *līwank-–242
^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “losa”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 366
^ Alibert, Louis (1965) “lausange”, in Dictionnaire occitan - français : d'après les parlers languedociens (in French), Toulouse: Institut d' Etudes occitanes, →ISBN

[1] Greimas, A.J. (1969) “lose”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 374a

[2] Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages *līwank-–242

[3] Coromines, Joan (1961) “losa”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 366

[4] Alibert, Louis (1965) “lausange”, in Dictionnaire occitan - français : d'après les parlers languedociens (in French), Toulouse: Institut d' Etudes occitanes, →ISBN

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