Where does “liisaus” come from?
liisaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish liisata, from English lease, from English leash, from Middle English leesshe, from Middle English lees, from Old French lesse, from Latin laxa, from Latin laxo — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
Ancestry of “liisaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liisata | to lease a car or device |
| 2 | English | lease | To gather; To pick, select, pick out; to pick up;... |
| 3 | English | leash | A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an... |
| 4 | Middle English | leesshe | — |
| 5 | Middle English | lees | — |
| 6 | Old French | lesse | — |
| 7 | Latin | laxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 8 | Latin | laxo | I extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,... |
| 9 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |