leigh

Senso (Inglese)

A meadow.

sinonimi

lea

meadow

pasture

meader

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/liː/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: legh

Ereditato da inglese antico: lēah

Affine Old Frisian: lāch

Affine Old Saxon: lōh

Affine olandese medio: loo

Affine olandese: -lo

Affine tedesco antico alto: lōh

Affine norse antico: 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.