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Leiden

Leiden comes from Middle Dutch Leiden, from Proto-West Germanic *lagu ‘water’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lókus ‘lake, pond’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lókus‘lake, pond’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laguz‘water, liquid’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lagu‘water’reconstructed
  4. Old Dutchc. 500–1150*Lagiþonreconstructed
  5. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500Leiden
  6. Dutchc. 1500–presentsame form
  7. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lókus‘lake, pond’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laguz‘water, liquid’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*lagu‘water’reconstructed
  4. Old Dutchc. 500–1150*Lagiþonreconstructed
  5. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500Leiden
  6. Dutchc. 1500–presentsame form
  7. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lókus ‘lake, pond’

loch, lagoon, lough, lacuna, lacustrine, 6 more

Today it means

name A city in South Holland, Netherlands, on the Old Rhine, seat of a famous Dutch university.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lókus / Leiden

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