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
- Unwilling to do work or make an effort;...
Ancestry of “lazy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | lasich | slack, languid, idle; slack, feeble, lazy |
| 2 | Middle Low German | las | patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon |
| 3 | Old Saxon | lahs | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 5 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 6 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 7 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
Words derived from “lazy”