Where does “læsa” come from?

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

læsa (Faroese): to lock

Definitions

  1. to lock

Ancestry of “læsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselæsato lock
2Old Norselásslock
3Hungarianlátto see
4Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
5Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh
Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →
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