Where does “lozen” come from?
lozen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch lôsen, from Old Dutch lōsen, from Proto-West Germanic lausijan, from Proto-Germanic lausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
lozen (Dutch): to drain, to discharge; to drive away, to force...
Definitions
- to drain, to discharge; to drive away, to force...
Ancestry of “lozen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | lôsen | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | lōsen | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | lausijan | to release, to set free |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lausijaną | to make loose; to release, to set free |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “lozen”