different between logs vs lops

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l??z/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /l??z/
• Rhymes: -??z

Noun

logs

1. plural of log

Verb

logs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of log

Anagrams

• Glos, Glos., slog

Latvian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Baltic *lang-, from a variant *leng-, *lang- of Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”) (whence also Latvian liekt (“to bend”), q.v.). According to this hypothesis, the meaning probably evolved from “circle” > “dint” > “hole”, whence “window”. This agrees with the fact that the oldest windows in Northern Europe were actually round holes on the roof for smoke to go out and light to come in which were covered when the weather was cold. Note how in some neighboring languages the word for “window” is related to the word for “eye”, as in Russian ????? (oknó, “window”), ???? (óko, “eye (poetic)”). Cognates include Lithuanian lángas, Old Prussian lanxto (= lanksto < langsto). Other (minoritary) opinions compare logs to Sanskrit ?????? (lak?ate, “to notice, to note”), Old English locian (“to look”), English look, or then derive it from Proto-Indo-European *leng- (“to swing, to flap”) (perhaps because in ancient times windows were covered with animal skins which swung or flapped in the wind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luôks]

Noun

logs m (1st declension)

1. window (opening in building or vehicle)

Declension

References

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Noun

logs

1. plural of log

English

Noun

lops

1. plural of lop

Verb

lops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lop

Anagrams

• LPOs, pols, slop, splo

Latvian

Etymology

The origin of this word is unclear. Some derive it from Proto-Indo-European *l?p- (“cow”), but the only basis for this reconstruction is the Albanian cognate. Others consider it related to Gothic ???????????????? (lamb) (cf. German Lamm, English lamb), perhaps even a borrowing from a Germanic language. Yet others suggest that it comes from a putative Proto-Baltic *luop-, from Proto-Indo-European *leu- (“to cut off, to separate”) with an extra -p, with the meaning evolving from “cut off” > “to hide, to skin, to flay” (cf. Lithuanian lùpti (“to skin, to peel”)) > “hide, skin, fur, something made of fur” (cf. Hittite lupanni (“hat”)) > “animal body part” (cf. Old Church Slavonic ?????? (l?b?n?), Serbo-Croatian lùbina (“skull”)) > “animal.” The initial meaning of lops, still found dialectally, was more restricted, covering only goats, sheep and maybe cows. In the 18th and 19th century, the meaning was extended to almost all animals (= dz?vnieks), and later again restricted to its current range. Cognates include Lithuanian lúopas, lúobas (“clumsy person or animal”), Albanian lopë (“cow”) (< *l?p?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [l??ps]

Noun

lops m (1st declension)

1. livestock, (farm) animal (e.g., cattle, sheep, goats, horses, pigs, poultry, etc.)

Declension

Synonyms

• m?jlops

Derived terms

• liellops
• m?jlops

References