Leid
German (Berlin)
/laɪ̯t/
noun
Definitions
- woe, grief, distress, sorrow, suffering, affliction
- wrong, harm, injury
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German leit inherited from Old High German leid (odious, unpleasant) inherited from Proto-Germanic *laiþą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laiþą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- loath English
- loathable English
- loathe English
- loathe-worthy English
- loather English
- loathest English
- loatheth English
- loathful English
- loathly English
- loathness English
- loathsome English
- loathy English
- Beileid German
- Herz German
- Herzeleid German
- Leidwesen German
- Mitleid German
- Wesen German
- bemitleiden German
- de German
- leid German
- leidig German
- leidsam German
- mit German
- mitleiderregend German
- mitleidig German
- unleidig German
- zu German
- zuleide German
- dierenleed Dutch, Flemish
- kinderleed Dutch, Flemish
- leed Dutch, Flemish
- leedvermaak Dutch, Flemish
- leedwezen Dutch, Flemish
- ἀλιτρός Ancient Greek
- *h₂leyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *laiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiþą Proto-Germanic
- lothe Middle English
- lōth Middle English
- lêet Middle Dutch
- leid Old High German
- leit Middle High German
- mitelīden Middle High German
- Bäileed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Leed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *lēth Old Dutch