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Lettic

American  
[let-ik] / ˈlɛt ɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Letts or their language.


Etymology

Origin of Lettic

First recorded in 1870–75; Lett + -ic

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The Lettic division consists of languages hardly known to the student of literature, but of great importance to the student of language.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

The Baltic division of the group embraces the Lithuanian and Lettic, spoken to-day by the people living on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Such, also, were the Aryans of the Lettic branch, of whom the Lithuanians and the Prussians were the principal divisions.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

The other Indo-European families are the Lettic, Slavic, Gothic, and Celtic, with their various subdivisions.

From Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities by Botta, Anne C. Lynch

We have to divide these tribes into two divisions, the Lettic and the Slavonic, and we shall have to subdivide the Slavonic again into a South-East Slavonic and a West Slavonic branch.

From Lectures on The Science of Language by Müller, Max

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