*lattō

Runic: ᛚᚨᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑt.tɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

board; plank; ledge; slat; bar; shelf

Etymology

From an n-stem *laþô ~ *lattaz, though the expected paradigm would be *laþô ~ *luttaz, which presumably underwent leveling; compare the formation of *rattaz. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps the origin is shared with Proto-Celtic *slattā (‘stalk, staff’), and both loaned from a pre-Indo-European substrate due to the limited geographical distribution and variation in the final consonant of the stem. Compare Spanish lata, said to be a borrowing from Iberian, and Basque lata (‘roof batten’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lattō	lattôz
Acc.	lattǭ	lattōz
Gen.	lattōz	lattǫ̂
Dat.	lattōi	lattōmaz
Inst.	lattō	lattōmiz
Voc.	lattō	lattôz

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Descendants

*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *latta (Old Dutch)
  - latte (Middle Dutch)
    - lat (Dutch)
*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lætt, *læþþ, *læþ (Old English)
  - latte, lat, lathe, latthe, laththe (Middle English)
    - lath (English)
    - latt, lat, lath (Scots)
*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- late, latte (Old French)
  - latta (Medieval Latin)
    - llata (Catalan)
    - latta (Italian)
    - lata (Portuguese)
    - lata (Spanish)
*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- late, latte (Old French)
  - latte (Middle French)
    - latte (French)
*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *latt, *latte (Old Frisian)
  - Latte (Saterland Frisian)
  - latte (West Frisian)
*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- latta, latza (Old High German)
  - latte (Middle High German)
    - latta (Cimbrian)
    - Latte (German)
    - Lat (Luxembourgish)
*lattu (Proto-West Germanic)
- latta (Old Saxon)
  - latte (Middle Low German)
    - Latte, Latt (German Low German)

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