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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lataz

This Proto-Germanic 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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *lh₁d-o-, verbal adjective from the root *leh₁d- (to be tired).[1] Cognate with Latin lassus (weary, faint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑ.tɑz/

Adjective

*lataz (comparative *latizô, superlative *latistaz)

  1. slow, sluggish
  2. lazy
  3. late

Inflection


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Descendants

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*lata-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328
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