Where does “aflæse” come from?

aflæse (Danish) comes from Danish læse, from Old Danish læsæ, from Old Norse læsa, from Old Norse láss, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

aflæse (Danish): read, glean from

Definitions

read, glean from

Ancestry of “aflæse”, step by step

aflæse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish læse

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Danish	læse	to read; to study formally
2	Old Danish	læsæ	lock; read; collect
3	Old Norse	læsa	to lock
4	Old Norse	láss	lock
5	Hungarian	lát	to see
6	German	lōt	plummet device for measuring water depth
7	Hebrew	לוֹט	myrrh

via Danish af

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Danish	af	by; of; from
2	Old Norse	af	of, from, off, by
3	Proto-Germanic	*ab	—
4	Proto-Indo-European	apó	—

Words derived from “aflæse”

mundaflæse
mundaflæsning

Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →