Where does “læsevant” come from?

læsevant (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.

læsevant (Danish): used to reading

Definitions

  1. used to reading

Ancestry of “læsevant”, step by step

læsevant 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 vant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvantusual, familiar
2Danishvænneto make someone accustomed to; get used to, get...
3Old Danishwæniæ—
4Old Norsevenjato accustom, to make used to; to train; to get...
5Proto-Germanicwanjanąto accustom, to make used to
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenh₁-to love
Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →