Where does “læsebriller” come from?

læsebriller (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.

læsebriller (Danish): reading glasses

Definitions

  1. reading glasses

Ancestry of “læsebriller”, step by step

læsebriller traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish læse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlæseto read; to study formally
2Old Danishlæsælock; read; collect
3Old Norselæsato lock
4Old Norselásslock
5Hungarianlátto see
6Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
7Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Danish briller

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbrillerglasses, spectacles; indefinite plural of brille
Every word from Hebrew לוֹטEvery word from German lōtEvery word from Hungarian lát
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