Reconstruction:Latin/laidus

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): /ˈlai̯dos/

Adjective

*laidus (feminine *laida, neuter *laidum); first/second-declension adjective (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

unpleasant, disgusting, ugly

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).[1]

Descendants

Old Catalan: leg, leix
- Catalan: lleig
- → Sardinian: leggiu, lezzu
Franco-Provençal: lèdo, lédou, lèdou
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 (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 440

“lleig” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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[1] “lleig” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.