different between leah vs sophie

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *lauh, from Proto-Germanic *lauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *lówkos.

The use of the word meaning "meadow" is a later development of the word, possibly aided by confusion between l?as (plural of the original meaning of l?ah) with l?s (modern lease, leasow).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læ???x/

Noun

l?ah m or f

1. woodland
2. a woodland glade
3. a clearing (especially one used for farming)
4. a meadow

Descendants

• Middle English: legh, lege, lei (from the Anglian variant)
  • English: leigh, lea
  • Scots: le, ley, lei

References

• Mills, David (1976) , “Directory of Place Names”, in The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, ?ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

From Ukrainian ??? (ljax), from Old East Slavic *???? (*ljax?), from Proto-Slavic *l?x?, from Proto-Slavic *l?d?nin? (“dweller of wasteland”)

Noun

leah m (plural le?i)

1. (dated) Pole, Polack

Declension

Further reading

• leah in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

English

Etymology

From Middle English sophie.

Noun

sophie (countable and uncountable, plural sophies)

1. Obsolete spelling of sophy (wisdom). [15th and 16th century]

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin sophia.

Noun

sophie (countable and uncountable, plural sophies)

1. (uncountable) sophy (wisdom)
2. (countable) sophy (sage)
3. God (the deity of Abrahamic religions)

References

• sophie in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “soph?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2015-03-23.