Where does “löyhentyä” come from?

löyhentyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish löyhentää, from Finnish löyhä, from Finnish löysä, from Old Swedish lø̄s, from Old Norse lauss, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

löyhentyä (Finnish): to loosen, be loosened

Definitions

  1. to loosen, be loosened

Ancestry of “löyhentyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlöyhentääto loosen; Third-person singular indicative...
2Finnishlöyhäloose
3Finnishlöysäsoft; loose; slack
4Old Swedishlø̄sloose
5Old Norselaussloose
6Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lausaz →Every word from Old Norse lauss →