Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lattō

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an n-stem *laþô ~ *lattaz, though the expected paradigm would be *laþô ~ *luttaz, which presumably underwent leveling; compare the formation of *rattaz. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps the origin is shared with Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”), and both loaned from a pre-Indo-European substrate due to the limited geographical distribution and variation in the final consonant of the stem.[1] Compare Spanish lata, said to be a borrowing from Iberian, and Basque lata (“roof batten”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑt.tɔː/

Noun

*lattō f

  1. (West Germanic) board; plank; ledge; slat; bar; shelf

Inflection

Declension of *lattō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *lattō *lattôz
vocative *lattō *lattôz
accusative *lattǭ *lattōz
genitive *lattōz *lattǫ̂
dative *lattōi *lattōmaz
instrumental *lattō *lattōmiz

Descendants

The continental West Germanic forms (outside of High German) can go back to *lattō as well as *laþþō.

  • Proto-West Germanic: *lattu

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*slatta-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 345
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lat”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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