Reconstruction:Latin/laidum

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

From Frankish *laiþ (“unpleasant, disgusting”). For the treatment of borrowed þ, compare *exfridāre and troppus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlai̯do/

Adjective

*laidum (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

1. hideous

Reconstruction notes

Attested 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).

Descendants

• Old Catalan: leg, leix
  • Catalan: lleig
  • → Sardinian: leggiu, lezzu
• Franco-Provençal: lèdo
• Old French: lait (see there for further descendants)
• Gascon: lèd, lèg, lès, lèu
• Old Occitan: lag, lach, lait
  • Languedocien: lag, laid

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*laiþ”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 440