leigh

Meaning

A meadow.

Synonyms

lea

meadow

pasture

meader

Translations

مرج

prat

devesa

Weide

Fluren

Heuwiese

λιβάδι

λειμώνας/λιβάδι

pâturage

prairie

pré

champs de foin

prato

beemd

لاي

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: 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 (suffix forming place names)), Old High German lōh (“covered clearing, low bushes”), Old Norse ló (“clearing, meadow”). More at Waterloo.