Where does “lastelig” come from?

lastelig (Danish) comes from Danish laste, from Danish last, from Middle Low German last, from Old Saxon hladan, from Proto-West Germanic hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.

lastelig (Danish): reproachable, deplorable, reprehensible

Definitions

  1. reproachable, deplorable, reprehensible

Ancestry of “lastelig”, step by step

lastelig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish laste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlasteto load
2Danishlastcargo; cargo hold, hold; weight, burden
3Middle Low Germanlast—
4Old Saxonhladanto load, to lade
5Proto-West Germanichlaþanto load
6Proto-Germanichlaþanąto load
7Proto-Indo-Europeankleh₂-to put; to lay out
8Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break

via Danish lig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
2Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
3Middle Low Germanlīk—
4Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “lastelig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną →