lat-

    lat-

    English meaning: wet, damp; swamp

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “feucht, naß; Sumpf, Lache”

    Material: Gk. λάταξ, -αγος “drip, Weinrest” (compare das Lw. Lat. latex, -icis), λαταγέω ‘schleudre klatschend die Neige Wein”, λατάσσω ds.; M.Ir. laith “beer, Flũssigkeit; swamp, marsh” = Gaul. Are-late town, city “eastern of Sumpfes”, Corn. lad “liquor”, O.Welsh llat ds., Welsh llaid (*lati̯o-) ‘slime, mud”, M.Ir. lathach ds.; O.Ice. leÞja (*laÞjōn-) “ loam, clay, smut”, O.H.G. letto “clay, loam “, Ger. Letten (dessen e, although in bO.Ir.-Alem. Mundarten open, yet umlaut e- is); Lith. FlN Lãt-upė, Latuvà, Ltv. FlN Late (Mũhlenbach-Endzelin II 425).

    References: WP. II 381 f., WH. I 770.