lācis

Etymology
From earlier via palatalization, from,  (with reduction of the “difficult” cluster tl to l), from ,. The original meaning of this word was therefore “trampler,” “stomper,” “pounder,” showing that it was a descriptive term that replaced (probably for taboo reasons) an earlier word for “bear” (cf. 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), which left no traces in 🇨🇬. (An earlier theory, which related to the verb  “to drink,” i.e., the “(honey) drinker,” is not reconcilable with the 🇨🇬 cognate.) Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (< ; cf. place names like ), 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) bear mammal, especially
 * 2)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person
 * 1)  bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person; also, a very strong, heavily built person