lea

Meaning

An open field, meadow, pasture.

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

Translations

λιβάδι

prairie

pâturage

pasto

κλωστή

pré

weide

mera

prado

Flur

prado

λειβάδι

pasturatge

Heuwiese

Pronounced as (IPA)

/liː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: legh

Inherited from Old English: lēah

Cognate with Old Frisian: lāch

Cognate with Old Saxon: lōh

Cognate with Middle Dutch: loo

Cognate with Dutch: -lo

Cognate with Old High German: lōh

Cognate with Old Norse: lo

Inherited from Middle English: le

Cognate with Old French: lier

Cognate with Old French: laisse

Cognate with Old French: 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”).