Reconstruction:Latin/lausa

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

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Gaulish *lausā,[1] from Proto-Celtic *lausā (“stone”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *léh₁u-s ~ *l̥h₁w-és, whence also Proto-Celtic *līwos (“stone”), from *leh₁- (“stone”),[2] though this is problematic for both Celtic and the other cognates. Surfaces again in Medieval Latin as lausa, but much later.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlau̯za/

Noun

*lausa f[3] (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

  1. flagstone

Declension

singular plural
nominative */ˈlau̯za/ */ˈlau̯zas/
oblique */ˈlau̯za/ */ˈlau̯zas/

Derived terms

  • *lausanga (← Gaulish *lausankā[4])
    • Old French: losenge, losange, lozenge, lozange, lousenge, loseinge, losainge [1160, Eneas] (see there for further descendants)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Greimas, A.J. (1969) “lose”, in Dictionnaire de l'ancien francais jusq'uau milieu du XIVe siècle (in French), Paris: Larousse, page 374a
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*līwank-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 242
  3. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961) “losa”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 366
  4. ^ Alibert, Louis (1965) “lausange”, in Dictionnaire occitan - français : d'après les parlers languedociens (in French), Toulouse: Institut d' Etudes occitanes, →ISBN
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