lættur
Faroese
[ˈlaʰtːʊɹ]
adj
Definitions
- light (of weight)
- easy (to do)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse léttr derived from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (light, lightweight, move lightly).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁lengʷʰ-
Gloss
light, lightweight, move lightly
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
光, 明
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- corpus Latin
- levis Latin
- leggiadro Italian
- licht Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁léngʰus Proto-Indo-European
- lett Norwegian Bokmål
- *linhtaz Proto-Germanic
- lett Norwegian Nynorsk
- leoht Old English
- léttleikr Old Norse
- léttr Old Norse
- let Danish
- *lьgъkъ Proto-Slavic
- léttur Icelandic
- llai Welsh
- liht Old High German
- luchorpán Old Irish
- lugu Old Irish
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *lį̄ht gmw-pro
- *līht Old Dutch
- *lengeti Proto-Celtic
- lætter Old Swedish
- lǣtter, lætter Old Swedish
- ljett Westrobothnian
- *leɣwis Proto-Italic
- *leχwī Proto-Italic
- *Hragúš Proto-Iranian