"Lietuvà," "Lithuania," and Chaucer's "Lettow."
- Author / Editor
- Bammesberger, Alfred.
"Lietuvà," "Lithuania," and Chaucer's "Lettow."
- Published
- Lituanus: Lithuanian Quarterly Journal 58.1 (2012): 5-8.
- Description
- Explores the etymology and pronunciations of "Lithuania" in English, including an explanation of why Chaucer renders it "Lettow" in the GP description of the Knight (CT 1.54).
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies
Knight and His Tale