Where does “lás” come from?

lás (Faroese) comes from Old Norse láss, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

lás (Faroese): lock

Definitions

  1. lock

Ancestry of “lás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselásslock
2Hungarianlátto see
3Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
4Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

Words derived from “lás”

Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →