laîche
See also: laiche, Laiche, and láiche
French
Etymology
From Middle French laische, from Old French lesche (“sedge”), from Frankish *lisca, *liska (“sedge”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (“sedge”), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (“reed, sedge”). The ultimate origin could be:
speculated ultimate origins
- Borrowed from Romance/Medieval Latin lisca, though the reverse is also possible; this could be from Vulgar Latin *alisca, from Latin arista (“(ear of) corn, grain, awn”).[1]
- From Proto-Indo-European *leu, related to Lithuanian laure (“dirty person”),[2][3] referring to the mud it grows in.
- From a pre-Germanic/pre-Roman substrate language.[4][5]
Cognate with Old High German liska, lisca ( > Modern German Liesch (“sedge”)), Old Saxon hlus (“rush, reed”), Middle Dutch lies, liesc (“sedge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛʃ/
Audio (file)
Noun
laîche f (plural laîches)
- sedge (any plant of the genus Carex)
References
- Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “lisca”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lis1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- “laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- chiale, chialé, léchai