Where does “lazyweb” come from?
lazyweb (English) comes from English lazy, from Middle Low German lasich, from Middle Low German las, from Old Saxon lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
lazyweb (English): The Internet, personified as a being that will answer the questions of those who are too lazy to do their own research
Definitions
- The Internet, personified as a being that will answer the questions of those who are too lazy to do their own research
Ancestry of “lazyweb”, step by step
lazyweb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lazy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
via English Web
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Web | The World Wide Web |
| 2 | Middle English | webbe | Weaved fabric; fabric manufactured by weaving; A... |
| 3 | Old English | webba | weaver |
| 4 | Old English | -a | Ending forming adverbs; nominative masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ō | Creates feminine nouns from roots and stems |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |