Where does “lazily” come from?
Lazily derives from English lazy with the adverbial suffix -ly, from Middle English -ly, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-Germanic -līkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots las-, lēy-, and ḱóm.
lazily (English): In a lazy manner
Ancestry of “lazily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lazy | Unwilling to do work or make an effort;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | lasich | slack, languid, idle; slack, feeble, lazy |
| 3 | Middle Low German | las | patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon |
| 4 | Old Saxon | lahs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 6 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 7 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 8 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |