lettow
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Citie alſo which is called Wil or Vilna, into the caſtle whereof the king of Lettow named Skirgalle fled foꝛ his ſauegard, was, by the valour of the ſayd Earle especially and of his followers, ſurpꝛiſed and taken."
- "[…] and finally in the South parts thereof (Livonia) they vſe the Letticke speech, or of the countrey of Lettow, which the people Eureles likewise vſe, the which is as it were a hodge-podge of many ſeverall languages mingled together."
- "Shuſky who ſucceeded him reports in a Letter to King James otherwiſe of him; that his right name was Gryſhca the Son of Boughdan; that to eſcape puniſhment for Villanies done, he turn'd Fryar, and fell at last to the Black art; and fearing that the Metropolitan intended therefore to impriſon him, fled into Lettow; where by counſel of Sigiſmund the Poland King, he began to call himſelf Demetry of Ouglitts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old Lithuanian Lietuvabor. Old East Slavic Литъва (Litŭva)bor. Middle Low German Lettouwenbor. Middle English Lettowe English Lettow Inherited from Middle English Lettowe, borrowed from Middle Low German Lettouwen, borrowed from Old East Slavic Литъва (Litŭva), borrowed from Old Lithuanian Lietuva.