by Rick Mc Callister and Silvia Mc Callister-Castillo ©1999
-l < *-la, -al genitive ending [er 21 Jun 99; mcv 22 Jan 98, 9 Feb 99]
oblique genitive + dative suffix used with feminine nouns ending in -i, some nouns (especially personal) ending in -s, -th, -n [mp68: 396]
dative suffix [sag]
see Hittite and Lydian pronominal -l [er 21 Jun 99; mcv 22 Jan 98, 9 Feb 99]
-l plural suffix [mp68: 395]
lacerna "cloak" Latin of Etruscan origin [g/lb83: 60]
lachrimae "tears" Latin of Etruscan origin [EB XXII:647]
lacth "to languish" [az96]
see Latin languere "to be listless" [az96]
lada "woman" Latin of Etruscan origin? [lrp 57]
Ladile Latinized name [az96: 25]
lae "lease?" [az96]
laena Latin of Etruscan origin [g/lb83: 60]
laeti "happiness" [az96]
< laiveti [az96]
see Latin laetitia "happiness" [az96]
*la-i > -le personal dative ("pertinentive") [mcv]
formed by genitive + locative [mcv 23 Jan 98]
laisca "happiness" [az96]
laivisca "lucky tendency" [az96]
lalausa "ciarliero" [az96]
laman "lame, to break" [az96]
< *lam,*lem "to smash, break" [az96]
lamphe, lanphe, laphe "stone, jewel" [az96]
see Latin lapis "stone" [az96]
lamtun name "shiny [az96]
laniena "butcher's stall" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
lanista "trainer of gladiators" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
lanterna "lamp, torch" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
see Gk. lampter [lrp 48]
lanti "piece, part" [az96]
lanxumite "having to do with luck" [am91]
"unit of weight" [az96]
see Greek lákhos, lankhánô, lónkhê [am91]
lapicane "vacillating" [az96]
see Latin labidus "totter, waver" [az96]
lar "political leader"
see Hittite lar "political leader" [js]
epithet of Baal [C. R. Conder. "The Hittites and Their Language" 1898: 124; cit. js]
laran, larun male deity [mp68: 371]
male deity, armed, pursues Celsclan in paintings [g/lb83]
god of war, depicted naked with helmet and spear [EM]
armed, pursues Celsclan in paintings [g/lb83]
"Mars" [mc91: 53]
< "Cutter" [az96]
larn-, larna "marcial, of Mars" [az96]
laru "(one who/which) cuts, smashes" [az96]
larun- demon [mp68: 407]
see Latin Lar "house guardian" [mp68: 371]
see Latin laceratore "mangler" [az96]
larce, laris, larth, larece, larice "Lars (masc. name)" [mc91: 40/96, g/lb83, gm97]
corresponds to Latin Lucius [g/lb83]
"big" > "generous" [az96]
larthi female name [gm97]
larthi, larthi, lartia, larthia "Larthi (female name)" [az96: 25, g/lb83, mc91: 52]
larthuza personal name [g/lb83 84, mc91: 110]
larna < larecena family name
see Latin largus "abundant" [az96]
larezu "pleasure" [az96]
larile "pleasureable" [az96]
laris name "pleasant" [az96]
larix Latin [bm 24-25]
of Rhaetian origin?
-las/-ls (*-la-si) "double genitive" (used as ablative?) [mcv 23 Jan 98]
lasa "Lasa (nymph-like deity)" [mp68: 371]
female deities; grave guardians associated with Turan; sometimes depicted with wings [EM]
< ? lar- [mp68: 371]
with epithets lasa sitmica, lasa racuneta [g/lb83] "luck, destiny" [az96]
lasa female deities; < ? lar- [mp68: 371]
lath "grant" [az96]
latva Leda" [az96]
"(she who) grants, cedes, wife?" [az96]
latithe, lathite, latini "exhausted" [az96]
lathiumiai "tired, languid" [az96]
latini family name [mc91: 102]
latni family name "(one who/which) cuts, kills, torments" [az96: 25]
laucane "shining" [az96]
lauc-ie, lauxe, lavc-ie, laucis male name [mc91: 96]
corresponding to Latin Lucius [g/lb83 74, 85: 159]
laucina, lucina family name [mc91: 96]
lauc-, luc-, lauxum, lauxume, lavuxume, lauxme, luxum-, lucume,
lucumo, "king" [am91, az91, cb, dep, djh 61, g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, v]
"prosperous" [az96]
lauxumna-, lauxumne-ti "royal palace" [pa]
"rule?" [mp68]
"of the lucumo, palace" [g/lb83, mp68: 217]
"augurium?" [az96]
lucair- "to reign, to rule (as Lucumô)" [pa, dep, g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75]
lucairce "headed, governed" [am91]
< lauc-ie, lauxe, lavc-ie < *lav- [az96]
see Latin lûcêre "to shine" [rmcc]
see Latin rex [pa]
see Latin lucumô, lucumon "magistrate, governor, Etruscan king" [cb, djh 61, g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, v]
Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 57]
see Roman name Lucius [cb, djh 61, g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, v]
see archaic Latin Loucios [g/lb83 74, 85: 159]
see Greek loxómôn, loxoúmôn [mp68: 216]
see Latin ducere "to lead" [dep]
see Breton dougen "to lead" [dep]
see Gothic tiuhan "to draw" [dep]
< ? *tleuk [dep]
laut, lautn, lautun, lavutn, lavtn, lautni "family, gens" [g/lb83, mc91, mp68, EB XXII:801]
"family; freedman" [cb, v]
"family, people, nation" [pa, dep]
lautn-es "of the family, gens" [mc91, mp68]
lautnescle, lautneScle "having to do with the family" [mp68: 397, mc91]
"family members" [az96]
lautneteri, lautneterie, lantneteri "freedman, client" [mp68, pa]
"family servants" [az96]
lautni, lavtni, lautuni, lavtuni, lautuni-S (masc.), lautna, lautnita, lautnitha, lavnita, lautnitha (fem.) "of the family, freed servant, family
servant" [am91, az96, mc91, mp68: 395, dep, pa]
< laut, *lav-t [az96, g/lb83 81]
see IE *leudh- [mcv, mp68: 65]
see Indo-European *leudho- [pa]
see Old English lêode [pa]
see German Leute "people" [pa]
see Old English leod "people" [dep]
see Russian ljudi "people" [dep]
see Lithuanian liaudis "people" [dep]
lauxusie personal name [mc91: 95]
lavtun "(pars) familiaris (divinatory liver)" [sic] [az96]
lecetis, lecusta "tormenting" [az96]
leusa, lecusta, lucesta (masc.), luscenia (fem.) "one who torments" [az96]
< *sleg [az96]
lecin "to leave, desist, abandon" [az96]
leciva "game" [az96]
leka "to play?" [az96]
see Latin lûdere "to play" [az96]
lecne "(one who) permits" [az96]
see Latin Licinius [az96]
lei-, lein-, leine "to die" [Pallottino1936: 38, 78: 229, Pfiffig 1969: 293, g/lb83, lb 90, mp 68/75, pa, dep]
leine, leinie "dead" [am91]
"calm, indolent, inert" [az96]
leinth deity female/youth [g/lb83]
"(one who) diminishes, abates, stops" [az96]
see Latin languere "to be weak, to languish" [dep]
see Middle Irish lacc "weak" [dep]
see Old English sleac "slack" [dep]
see Old Baltic lenu "slow, indolent" [dep]
see Indo-European sle-, le- "to be weak" [dep]
see Nostr. *l/ejh.V "weak, soft" [ag 79]
leinies family name [g/lb83 87, mc91: 75]
leithrm-eri "guiding, conducting" [az96]
leitrum "to guide, conduct" [az96]
lemausna, lemauSna personal name [g/lb83 109, mc91: 67]
"to cleave, cut, hew, Vulcan" [az96]
< *lem/*lam "to break" [az 96]
lemni name [mc91: 56]
lemnitru, lemnite "cleaver" [az96]
Lemonia (tribe) Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
lena "emolliant, lenitive" [az96]
lensu "slow, lazy" [az96]
lentis, letis "slow, one who slows" [az96]
see heplenta, hepleta [az96]
see Latin lentus, lentor "slow, calm" [az96]
lepista "drinking vessel" Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48]
leprnal adjective, unknown meaning [am91]
leprnei "Proserpina" [az96]
les to sacrifice [dep]
lescan "tomb" [am91]
leSce "relaxing (noun)" [az96]
leScu "something granted, grant" [az96]
leSe "footprint" [az96]
leSiia "trace, sign" [az96]
< *lest-ia [az96]
leta "to recover" [az96]
leta, letun terrestrial goddess of pars hostili [mp68: 251]
"Grant, Boon" [az96]
see Latin Latona (mother of Apollo and Diana) [az96]
lete "grant" > "sale" [az96]
lethae, lethai, lethaie personal name [mc91: 95]
"acuteness, subtlely" [az96]
< *leptaie < *leth- < *lept- "fine" [az96: 22]
lethams > lethns deity [mc91: 143, mp68: 251]
"one who sharpens, makes thin, unnerves (infernal deity)" [az96]
< *leptams/*leptamis [az96: 22]
lethe male name (used by the lower class) [mc91: 142]
family name [g/lb85: 166]
lethe masculine "subtle" "fine, expensive" [az96]
"servant" (male) [am91]
lethi, lethia feminine "subtle" "fine, expensive" [az96]
"servant" (female) [am91]
see Latin lepidus, lepida "charming, elegant" [az96]
see Greek leptós, leptê [az96: 22]
lethenei family name [g/lb83 77]
lethiu "scale, sheet (of something)" [az96]
lethn natural deity [mp68: 251]
leu, lev "lion" [g/lb83, mp68, pa, dep]
leuna, leuni "lioness" [az96]
see Greek léon "lion" [az96, mcv]
see Latin leo [pa, dep]
lextum type of vase [az96, mcv, g/lb83. dep, pa]
lextumusa, lextum-uza "little vase" [g/lb83, mp68, dep, pa]
see Greek lékuthos, lexythos type of vase [az96, g/lb83, mp68,pa, dep]
lezuqu "traced, written" [az96]
licine- male name [g/lb83 84]
see Roman family Licinius [g/lb83 84]
ligistrum Latin [bm 24-25]
of Rhaetian origin?
line "to allay?" [az96]
"to take care of" [am91]
see Latin lenire "to soften, smooth" [az96]
lithrá "a scale, measure" Mediterranean root [cw 37, rc 156]
see Latin líbra "a pound, a balance" [cw 37, rc 156]
Greek litra "unit of weight, pound" [cw 37, rc 156]
of Tyrrhenian origin?
litterae "writing" Latin via Etruscan [g/lb83 60]
see Greek dipthera "skin" [g/lb83 60]
lua "stumbling block, dissoluteness" [az96]
luesna, lvesnas "one who makes dissolute, scourge?" [az96]
lua "Lua (goddess)" Latin [az96]
luca "pain" [az96]
see Latin luctus "grief, mourning" [az96]
Luceres (equites century) Latin of Etruscan origin [lrp 48, rah 59]
see luxre < luxere [g/lb85: 54 cit. A. Modigliano]
luci, lauci "bloom" [az96]
ludia "female gladiator, actress" Latin from Etruscan [lb 90, mp 75]
ludio "actor, gladiator" Latin from Etruscan [lb 90, mp 75]
ludus "public games" Latin from Etruscan [lb 90, mp 75]
luice < *lav-le "has rescued?" [az96]
lunaSie "still, quiet" [az96]
luncane, lunci "throwing, lance" [az96]
lup-, lupu, lupu-enas, lupu-ce "dead, to die" [am91, az96, g/lb83, mc91, mp68, rab 332, vs/amr 189, lb 90, mp 75, dep, pa]
lupuce "s/he died" [am91, az96, g/lb83, mc91, mp68, rab 332, vs/amr 189. pa]
lupvena "corpse" [az96]
see Latin Libitina "goddess of corpses" [lrp 48, 57]
see Finnish loppua "to end; to terminate; to come to an end" [pa]
lur "opening, world" [az96]
lur, lurta, lurt "Ianus, Patulcius" [az96]
luramthi ""holes, opening" [az96]
lurca to break open, smash, crush, loosen?" [az96]
luri "fissure, opening" [az96]
lurmica, lurmic "Ianualis, the one of the opening" [az96]
lursth "in the world (locative)" [az96]
luru "janitor, doorkeeper" [az96]
lusce "lucid?, twilight?" [az96]
luscni "shining" [az96]
lustra "purification by sacrifice?" [az96]
lusxnei "moon" [az96]
losna "Luna" moon goddess [EM]
see Latin luna "moon" [az96]
see Latin lucidus "shining, clear" [az96]
see Latin luscus "lucid, twilight" [az96]
see Latin lûstratio "purification by sacrifice" [az96]
luscesa (masc.) [az96]
luscenia, leusa (fem.) "straziante" [az96]
lut "praise, glory" [az96]
luth (singular), luthti (plural) "fecund" [az96]
luthcva "praise" [az96]
"games?" [am91]
luths "to praise" [az96]
< *lav-t- "prosperity" [az96]
see Latin laus "praise" [az96]
see Latin laudare "to praise, name" [az96]
luthl deity [gzb]
luvcatru "wood cutter" [az96]
lvs "Destroyer, Puncher (god)" [az96]
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