Läinzeechen
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Ultimately from Old High German līhzeihhan, from Proto-West Germanic *līkataikn, from *līk (“body”) + *taikn (“mark, sign”). The form was variously reintepreted. In Dutch litteken as “member mark”, in archaic German Leimzeichen as “glue mark” (from the “gluing” of the wound). The Luxembourgish is probably an assimilated form of the latter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlæˑɪ̯nˌt͡seːɕən]
Noun
Läinzeechen n or f (plural Läinzeechen)
- scar
- Synonyms: (from German) Narb, (from French) Cicatrice
Further reading
- LAINZEECHEN in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire