laîche

sedge (any plant of the genus Carex)

Inherited from Middle French laische, from Old French lesche (“sedge”), from Frankish *lisca, *liska (“sedge”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (“sedge”), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (“reed, sedge”). The ultimate origin could be:. speculated ultimate origins * Borrowed from Romance/Medieval Latin lisca, though the reverse is also possible; this could be from Vulgar Latin *alisca, from Latin arista (“(ear of) corn, grain, awn”). * Fr