Etymology

Lotharingia

Lo·tha·rin·gi·a
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Today it means: A historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Full definition →

Medieval Latin Lotharingia ← Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari ← Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱlutós
  4. Proto-Germanic*hlūdaz
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ker-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kóryos
  7. Proto-Germanic*harjaz
  8. Proto-Germanic*Hlūdaharjaz
  9. Proto-West Germanic*Hlūdhari
  10. Medieval LatinLōtharingus
  11. Medieval LatinLotharingia
  12. English todayLotharingia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Lotharingia, from Lōtharingus (“a member of the dynasty or of the people of King Lothair II; a Lotharing, a Lotharian”) + Latin -ia (suffix forming country names). Doublet of Lorraine. Lothair II inherited this land from his father Lothair I upon the partition of Middle Francia. More at Chlothar.

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