Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *lattōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_lattō
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*slattāstalk, staff
nounfeminineō-stemboard; plank; ledge; slat; bar; shelfFrom 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’).