Lotharingus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós

Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz

Proto-Germanic *harjaz

Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz

Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari

Proto-Germanic *-ingaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ing

Latin Lotharingus

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari + *-ing. By surface analysis, Lōtharius +‎ -ingus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫoː.tʰaˈrɪŋ.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lo.taˈriŋ.ɡus]

Noun

Lōtharingus m sg (genitive Lōtharingī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian
   • 1874, Rerum Britannicarum, page 47:

     […] dux Lotharingorum Godefridus, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Lōtharingus	Lōtharingī
genitive	Lōtharingī	Lōtharingōrum
dative	Lōtharingō	Lōtharingīs
accusative	Lōtharingum	Lōtharingōs
ablative	Lōtharingō	Lōtharingīs
vocative	Lōtharinge	Lōtharingī

Derived terms

• Lōtharingia

Related terms

• Lōtharingicus

Descendants

• Middle French: Lotharinge
  • French: Lotharinge