English
Lusatia
Lusatia comes from Proto-Slavic *luža ‘pool, puddle’.
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*luža‘pool, puddle’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1759Lusatia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*luža‘pool, puddle’reconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1759Lusatia
Earliest quotation: 1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History: “Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided…”
Every English word from Proto-Slavic *luža
Today it means
name A cultural region in Central Europe, in modern Germany and Poland, in large parts traditionally Sorbian-speaking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *luža / Lusatia