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Loing

Loing

See also: loing

English

Proper noun

Loing

  1. A river in France

loing

loing

See also: Loing

Irish

Noun

loing

  1. (archaic) dative singular of long

Middle French

Adverb

loing

  1. far; far away

Descendants


Old French

Etymology

Latin longē (far away), from longus (long, far).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔjɲ/

Adverb

loing

  1. far; far away

Derived terms

  • loingtien

Descendants


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *lungeti (put, place) (compare Welsh ellwng and dillwng (to set free, release) from *(dī-)exs-lungo-), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (to bend). Cognate with Latin luctor (to wrestle) and Old English lūcan (to lock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l͈oŋʲɡʲ/

Verb

·loing

  1. Only used in fo·loing and in·loing.

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*lu-n-g-o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-17336-1, page 249