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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *láiɵa-
Meaning: sorrow
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: leiδ-r `verhasst, leid'
Norwegian: leid
Swedish: led
Danish: led
Old English: lāɵ `unangenehm; verhasst'; lāɵ `kwwad etc.'
English: loath, loth
Old Frisian: lēth `leed, overlast'
Old Saxon: lēth `unangenehm; verhasst'; lēth `kwaad, zonde'
Middle Dutch: leet sbs.; leet `hateijk, gehaat, onaangenaam, droevig, boosaardig'
Dutch: leed n.; leed adj.
Middle Low German: lēt 'Leid, Schmerz', lēde 'Leid, Schmerz, Trauer, Angst, Bangigkeit'
Old High German: leida 'Anklage, Verfolgung' (8.Jh.), leid (9.Jh.) sbs.; leid (8.Jh.) `unangenehm; verhasst'; leid `leed, smart'
Middle High German: leit (-d-) st. n. 'das angetane Böse, Unrecht, Schädigung, Kränkung, Beleidigung, Sünde', leide st. f. 'Leid, Schmerz, Feindseligkeit'; leide st. n. 'totenklage'; leit (-d-) 'nicht lieb, betrübend, widerwärtig, verhasst, schmerzlich'
German: Leid n., leid
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(a)leit-
Meaning: unpleasant
Old Greek: aléi̯tǟ-s m., alêi̯ti-s f. `Frevler(in), aeol. (Emp.) alói̯tā-s `Rächer', aloi̯tó-s m. `Frevler', alitái̯nō, aor. alitẹ̄̂n `freveln, sich an jn. versündigen', alitḗmōn `verwünscht, verderblich', alitró- `schelmisch', alitró-s m. `Frevler, Schelm'
Germanic: *láiɵ-a- adj.
Celtic: *listu- > Ir liuss `Abscheu', ni er-lissaighter `nunquam fastiditur'
Russ. meaning: малоприятный
References: WP II 401
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1153
Root: leit-1
English meaning: to be disgusted; to violate
German meaning: `verabscheuen; freveln'
Material: Gr. ἀλείτης `Frevler', äol. ἀλοίτης `Rächer', ἀλοιτός `Frevler', ἀλιταίνειν `freveln, sündigen', ἀλιτήμων `Sünder, Frevler', ἀλιτρός `ds., böse';

    air. liuss `Abscheu' (*lit-tu-), ni er-lissaigther `nunquam fastiditur';

    anord. leiðr `unangenehm; verhaßt', ags. lāð (engl. loath), as. lēth, ahd. leid ds., nhd. Subst. Leid (im Ursprung ganz verschieden vom Verbum leiden);

    daß got. sleiþja (N. Pl. n.) `schädlich, schlimm', anord. sliðr `schlimm', ags. sliðe, as. slīthi `grimmig, grausam, böse', ahd. slīdīc ds. unter Annahme eines beweglichen s- anzureihen seien, scheint möglich.

References: WP. II 401, WH. 1 813, Schwyzer Gr. Gr. 1, 411.
Pages: 672
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