Where does “lejtece” come from?
lejtece (Latvian) comes from Latvian leja, from Latvian leija, from Finnish leijata, from English lay, from English Lee, from Irish Laoi, from Middle Irish láed, from English loid — Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns.
lejtece (Latvian): lower reaches, lower course
Definitions
- lower reaches, lower course
Ancestry of “lejtece”, step by step
lejtece traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian leja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | leja | low area, low place, below; lower side, lower... |
| 2 | Latvian | leija | lower part; alternative form of leja |
| 3 | Finnish | leijata | Alternative form of leijailla; to design a layout |
| 4 | English | lay | To place down in a position of rest, or in a... |
| 5 | English | Lee | for someone who lived near a meadow (the Anglo-Saxon for meadow being ley or leag) |
| 6 | Irish | Laoi | lay, song |
| 7 | Middle Irish | láed | — |
| 8 | English | loid | A lock-picking tool made from a piece of... |
| 9 | English | celluloid | Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from... |
| 10 | English | cellulose | A complex carbohydrate that forms the main... |
| 11 | French | cellulose | cellulose |
| 12 | French | cellule | cell; table cell |
| 13 | Latin | cellula | small room, especially that of a slave; humble... |
| 14 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |