Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
köken: Inherited from Latin Liger, itself borrowed from the native Gaulish name of the river, from *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”) (see also French lie, English lees), from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”), the same source as many words in English such as lie, ledge, etc.
aile: Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire, Haute-Loire, La Celle-sur-Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, Tracy-sur-Loire, Val de Loire
Loire (a department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
köken: Borrowed from French Loire, from Latin Liger, Ligerim, itself a transcription of the native Gaulish name of the river, from Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”).
first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ligō
köken: Of Celtic/Gaulish origin, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *liga (“silt, sediment”), whence French lie, from Proto-Celtic *legyā, from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, lay”).
köken: From Old Breton loir, from Proto-Brythonic *lloɨr, from Proto-Celtic *lugrā, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“light”). Cognate with Cornish loor and Welsh lloer.