The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)lat-
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*laþô
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*lattu
- Old English · inherited fromlætt“lath”
- Middle English · inherited fromlaththe
- English todaylath
From Middle English laththe, laþþe, earlier lathe, laþe, altered from Old English lætt (“lath”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattu, from Proto-Germanic *laþô (compare Dutch lat, German Latte) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat- (compare Welsh llath (“rod, wand, yard”)).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*laþô all →
lattice
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.