proper noun/lotaˈɾinxja/
Lotharingia (a historical region, early medieval kingdom and former duchy in Western Europe; a successor kingdom of the Carolingian empire, now politically split between Lorraine in France, western Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz Proto-Indo-European *ker-der. Proto-Indo-European *kóryos Proto-Germanic *harjaz Proto-Germanic *Hlūdaharjaz Proto-West Germanic *Hlūdhari Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Lōtharingus Proto-I