lotharingia

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How do you pronounce lotharingia?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌloʊ.θəˈɹɪn.dʒi.ə/.

What does lotharingia mean?

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.

Where does lotharingia come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Lōtharingus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin Lotharingiabor. English Lotharingia 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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