leðja
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse leðja, from Proto-Germanic *ladjō-, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂t- (“moist, wet”), and cognate with Welsh llaid (“mire”), Lithuanian latakas (“gutter”), Latin latex.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
leðja f (genitive singular leðju, no plural)
Declension edit
declension of leðja
References edit
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639a