Where does “Lätsch” come from?

Lätsch (Alemannic German) comes from Italian laccio, from Vulgar Latin laceum, from Latin laqueus, from Proto-Italic lakw- — to ensnare.

Lätsch (Alemannic German): lace of a shoe, etc

Definitions

  1. lace of a shoe, etc

Ancestry of “Lätsch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlacciolace; string, bond; noose
2Vulgar Latinlaceum—
3Latinlaqueusnoose; snare, gin, trap
4Proto-Italiclakw-to ensnare
Every word from Proto-Italic lakw- →Every word from Latin laqueus →Every word from Vulgar Latin laceum →
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