leto-, lēti-, lēto-, lōto-

    leto-, lēti-, lēto-, lōto-

    English meaning: heat

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Brunst, Hitze, Zorn”

    Material: MWelsh aelet (*ad-let-) “pain”, llet-gynt ds., lengthened grade llit, tra-llit “rage, fury”, Welsh llid m. ds., with gradation llawd “rutting, heat” = M.Ir. láth m. ds.; M.Welsh aelawt “din, fuss, noise, pain” = O.Ir. álad n. “wound” (*ad-lōto-), Welsh tra-llod “din, fuss, noise, pain”; Clr. ĺit́ f. “rutting, heat”, ĺityty “befruchten”.

    References: WP. II 428, Ifor Williams É t. Celt. 4, 391.