Where does “lazy” come from?

Lazy comes from Middle Low German lasich, derived from Middle Low German las, from Old Saxon lask, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European roots las-, lēy-, laḱs-, and lē(y)d-.

lazy (English): Unwilling to do work or make an effort;...

Definitions

  1. Unwilling to do work or make an effort;...

Ancestry of “lazy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlasichslack, languid, idle; slack, feeble, lazy
2Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
3Old Saxonlahs
4Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
5Chinese拉薩
6Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
7Old Tibetanར་ས

Words derived from “lazy

Every word from Old Tibetan ར་ས