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

Definitions

  1. In a lazy manner

Ancestry of “lazily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlazyUnwilling to do work or make an effort;...
2Middle Low Germanlasichslack, languid, idle; slack, feeble, lazy
3Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
4Old Saxonlahs
5Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
6Chinese拉薩
7Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
8Old Tibetanར་ས
Every word from Old Tibetan ར་སEvery word from Tibetan ལྷ་སEvery word from Chinese 拉薩