Letticadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈlɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˈlɛdɪk/

Forms: 1600s Letticke, 1700s– Lettic.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: Latin Letticus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Letticus (1562 or earlier) < Lettus Lett n. + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. In later use after German lettisch Lettish adj.; compare later Lett n. Compare later Lettish adj., Lettish n., and also later Latvian adj., Latvian n.

Now rare.

A. adj.

1. Designating the group of languages comprising Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian; = Baltic adj. 2.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic

Lettic1632

Baltic1887

1632 J. Story tr. Short Surv. Sweden ii. 26 In the South parts thereof [sc. of Livonia] they vse the Letticke [L. Letticam] speech.

1794 J. Pinkerton Enq. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) I. Advertisement 7 It appears that the Lettic speech is radically different from the Finnish and the Slavonic.

1824 Oriental Herald Dec. 485 The sixth class consists of the Lettic dialects, of which only the idioms of Livonia and Lithuania are still existing; that branch of it which once prevailed over Prussia proper, has been entirely superseded by the German.

1854 F. M. Müller Suggestions in Learning Lang. Seat of War in East 57 The Lettic division comprises the Lithuanian, the Old Prussian, and the Lettish.

1908 T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. ix. 226 The Baltic (sometimes called Lettic) languages.

2. Of or relating to the Letts; Latvian. Also more generally: = Baltic adj. 1.See note at Lett n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > Baltic peoples > [adjective]

Lettish1799

Lettic1840

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic > Latvian

Lettonian1762

Lettish1831

Lettic1840

1840 G. C. Lewis tr. K. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece I. i. 3 The Lettic tribes, among which the Lithuanian has preserved the fundamental forms of this class of languages with remarkable fidelity.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 835 The Lettic race proper still in Courland, in Livonia.

1881 E. A. Freeman Hist. Geogr. Europe I. xi. 466 A common name for these closely allied nations is sometimes needed. Lettic is the most convenient.

1903 T. B. Veblen in Investig. representing Depts. (Univ. Chicago) 14 There are [in Chicago]..perhaps 200 Jews from Lettic territory who can speak Lettic.

1982 G. Alexandersson Baltic Straits iii. 52 The crusade was so ‘successful’ that the Prussians, a Lettic people related to the present Latvians, disappeared.

B. n.

The language of the Letts; Latvian. Also more generally: the Baltic languages considered collectively.See note at Lett n. 1.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic

Lettic1794

1794 J. Pinkerton Enq. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) I. Advertisement 7 He produces the lord's prayer in their tongue..and it is absolute Lettic, or Lithuanic.

1846 R. T. Hampson Origines Patriciæ x. 304 In Lettic and Old Prussian, vyr-a appears to be the Sanskrit scarcely altered.

1888 J. Wright tr. K. Brugmann Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Germanic Lang. I. 11 The Baltic division consists of Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettic.

1910 P. Roberts Immigrant Races in N. Amer. vi. 58 Many endings of words in Lithuanian are dropped in Lettic, as also are some of the consonants.

1994 Econ. Bot. 48 167/2 He cited [Finnish] beer- and intoxication-words which are linguistically similar to hop-words in Finnish, Old Slavic, Estonian, and Lettic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lettic
释义	Letticadj.n. Brit. /ˈlɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈlɛdɪk/ Forms: 1600s Letticke, 1700s– Lettic. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymon: Latin Letticus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Letticus (1562 or earlier) < Lettus Lett n. + classical Latin -icus -ic suffix. In later use after German lettisch Lettish adj.; compare later Lett n. Compare later Lettish adj., Lettish n., and also later Latvian adj., Latvian n. Now rare. A. adj. 1. Designating the group of languages comprising Latvian, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian; = Baltic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic Lettic1632 Baltic1887 1632 J. Story tr. Short Surv. Sweden ii. 26 In the South parts thereof [sc. of Livonia] they vse the Letticke [L. Letticam] speech. 1794 J. Pinkerton Enq. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) I. Advertisement 7 It appears that the Lettic speech is radically different from the Finnish and the Slavonic. 1824 Oriental Herald Dec. 485 The sixth class consists of the Lettic dialects, of which only the idioms of Livonia and Lithuania are still existing; that branch of it which once prevailed over Prussia proper, has been entirely superseded by the German. 1854 F. M. Müller Suggestions in Learning Lang. Seat of War in East 57 The Lettic division comprises the Lithuanian, the Old Prussian, and the Lettish. 1908 T. G. Tucker Introd. Nat. Hist. Lang. ix. 226 The Baltic (sometimes called Lettic) languages. 2. Of or relating to the Letts; Latvian. Also more generally: = Baltic adj. 1.See note at Lett n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Baltic peoples > [adjective] Lettish1799 Lettic1840 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic > Latvian Lettonian1762 Lettish1831 Lettic1840 1840 G. C. Lewis tr. K. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece I. i. 3 The Lettic tribes, among which the Lithuanian has preserved the fundamental forms of this class of languages with remarkable fidelity. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 835 The Lettic race proper still in Courland, in Livonia. 1881 E. A. Freeman Hist. Geogr. Europe I. xi. 466 A common name for these closely allied nations is sometimes needed. Lettic is the most convenient. 1903 T. B. Veblen in Investig. representing Depts. (Univ. Chicago) 14 There are [in Chicago]..perhaps 200 Jews from Lettic territory who can speak Lettic. 1982 G. Alexandersson Baltic Straits iii. 52 The crusade was so ‘successful’ that the Prussians, a Lettic people related to the present Latvians, disappeared. B. n. The language of the Letts; Latvian. Also more generally: the Baltic languages considered collectively.See note at Lett n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic Lettic1794 1794 J. Pinkerton Enq. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) I. Advertisement 7 He produces the lord's prayer in their tongue..and it is absolute Lettic, or Lithuanic. 1846 R. T. Hampson Origines Patriciæ x. 304 In Lettic and Old Prussian, vyr-a appears to be the Sanskrit scarcely altered. 1888 J. Wright tr. K. Brugmann Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Germanic Lang. I. 11 The Baltic division consists of Prussian, Lithuanian, and Lettic. 1910 P. Roberts Immigrant Races in N. Amer. vi. 58 Many endings of words in Lithuanian are dropped in Lettic, as also are some of the consonants. 1994 Econ. Bot. 48 167/2 He cited [Finnish] beer- and intoxication-words which are linguistically similar to hop-words in Finnish, Old Slavic, Estonian, and Lettic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1632
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