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Number: 1141
Root: leid-
English meaning: to play, joke
German meaning: `spielen, scherzen, necken'
Material: Gr. λίζει παίζει, λίζουσι παίζουσι Hes. (aus *λινδι̯ω, vgl. λινδέσθαι ἁμιλλα̃σθαι Hes.); λοίδορος `schimpfend', λοιδορέω `schmähe, schelte' (vgl. zur Bed. mhd. schimpf `Scherz, Kurzweil': nhd. Schimpf);

    lat. lūdō, -ere, lūsī, -sum `spielen, zum besten halten', lūdus (alt loidos) `Spiel';

    vielleicht mir. laídid (*loid-) `treibt an, besingt'.

References: WP. II 402, WH. I 829 f.
Pages: 666
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *loid-
Meaning: to play
Old Greek: 3 sg. lízdei̯ `páidzei' (Hsch.), lói̯doro- `schimpfend, der Laster', loi̯doréō `schmähen, schimpfen, schelten, lästern'
Latin: lūdō, -ere, lūsī, -sum `spielen, tanzen, tändeln, verspotten', lūdus, -ī m. (OLat loidos) `Spiel, Schauspiel; Schule; Kurzweil, Scherz, Spass''
Russ. meaning: играть
References: WP II 402
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