leigh

Significado (Inglés)

A meadow.

Sinónimos

lea

meadow

pasture

meader

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/liː/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: legh

Herdado de Old English: lēah

Relativo a Old Frisian: lāch

Relativo a Old Saxon: lōh

Relativo a Middle Dutch: loo

Relativo a neerlandés: -lo

Relativo a Old High German: lōh

Relativo a Old Norse: ló

In summary

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”) from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos (“field, meadow”). Akin to Old Frisian lāch (“meadow”), Old Saxon lōh (“forest, grove”) (Middle Dutch loo (“forest, thicket”); Dutch -lo (“used in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse ló (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.