lat-

English meaning                      wet, damp; swamp

German meaning                     `feucht, naß; Sumpf, Lache'

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Material                                   Gr. λάταξ, -αγος `Tropfen, Weinrest' (vgl. das Lw. lat. latex, -icis), λαταγέω `schleudre klatschend die Neige Wein', λατάσσω ds.;

                 mir. laith `Bier, Flüssigkeit; Sumpf' = gall. Are-late Stadt `östlich des Sumpfes', corn. lad `liquor', acymr. llat ds., cymr. llaid (*lati̯o-) `Schlamm', mir. lathach ds.;

                 aisl. leþja (*laþjōn-) `Lehm, Schmutz', ahd. letto `Ton, Lehm', nhd. Letten (dessen e, obwohl in bair.-alem. Mundarten offen, doch Umlaut e- ist);

                 lit. FlN Lãt-upė, Latuvà, lett. FlN Late (Mühlenbach-Endzelin II 425).

References                              WP. II 381 f., WH. I 770.

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