The story
- Gothic · derived from*𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍄𐌿𐌲
- Portuguese · derived fromlátego“whip”
- Spanish · borrowed fromlátigo“whip”
- English todaylatigo
From Spanish látigo (“whip”), from Catalan or Portuguese látego (“whip”), probably from Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐍄𐌿𐌲 (*laittug), cognate with Old English lāttēh.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.