leðja
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editleðja f (genitive singular leðju, no plural)
Declension
editdeclension of leðja
References
edit- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 639a
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