lea

Betekenis (English)

An open field, meadow, pasture.

Concepten

weide

grasland

wei

weiland

hooiland

hooiland, weide

beemd

landouw

Synonyms

meadow

pasture

grazing land

ley

pastureland

field

mead

moor

prairie

scythe

skein

sod

sward

thread

🧵

grass land

meadow grass rotation

coil

meader

hank

lawn

lay

leigh

maze

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/liː/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: legh

Inherited from Oudengels: lēah

Cognate with Old Frisian: lāch

Cognate with Old Saxon: lōh

Cognate with Middelnederlands: loo

Cognate with Nederlands: -lo

Cognate with Oudhoogduits: lōh

Cognate with Oudnoors: lo

Inherited from Middelengels: le

Cognate with Oudfrans: lier

Cognate with Oudfrans: laisse

Cognate with Oudfrans: lïace

In summary

From Middle English legh, lege, lei (“clearing, open ground”), from Old English lēah (“clearing in a forest”) from Proto-West Germanic *lauh (“meadow”), 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 (“in placenames”)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse lō (“clearing, meadow”).