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Lettic

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[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

Example Sentences

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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)

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

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

In Slavonic, too, we look in vain, till we come to that almost forgotten side-branch called the Lettic, comprising the spoken Lituanian and Lettish, and the now extinct Old Prussian.

From India: What can it teach us? A Course of Lectures Delivered before the University Of Cambridge by Wilder, Alexander

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