Where does “lasolet” come from?
lasolet (Czech) comes from Spanish laso, from Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin laceum, from Latin laqueus, from Proto-Italic lakw- — to ensnare.
lasolet (Czech): woodswallow
Ancestry of “lasolet”, step by step
lasolet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish laso
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | laso | weary; tiring; stright; uncurled |
| 2 | Spanish | lazo | bow; ribbon; lasso |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | laceum | — |
| 4 | Latin | laqueus | noose; snare, gin, trap |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lakw- | to ensnare |
via Czech let
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Czech | let | flight; genitive plural of léto |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *letъ | flight |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | lekt- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | lēk- | string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of... |