Where does “Ablassbrief” come from?
Ablassbrief (German) comes from German Ablass, from German Lass, from German lassen, from Middle High German lāzen, from Old High German lāzan, from Proto-West Germanic lātan, from Proto-Germanic lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.
Ablassbrief (German): letter of indulgence
Definitions
- letter of indulgence
Ancestry of “Ablassbrief”, step by step
Ablassbrief traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Ablass
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ablass | drain; cessation; indulgence |
| 2 | German | Lass | — |
| 3 | German | lassen | to allow; to permit; to let |
| 4 | Middle High German | lāzen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | lāzan | to let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |
via German brief
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | brief | letter (written message) |
| 2 | Middle High German | brief | — |
| 3 | Old High German | briaf | — |
| 4 | Latin | breve | nominative neuter singular of brevis; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | brevis | short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *breɣʷis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mréǵʰus | short; brief |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mreǵʰ- | short |