Where does “Lösung” come from?

Lösung (German) comes from Middle High German lœsunge, from Old High German lōsunga, from Old High German lōsen, from Proto-Germanic lausijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Lösung (German): solution; cancellation; breaking away

Definitions

  1. solution; cancellation; breaking away

Ancestry of “Lösung”, step by step

Lösung traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German lœsunge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlœsunge—
2Old High Germanlōsungadeliverance, redemption
3Old High Germanlōsento make free
4Proto-Germaniclausijanąto make loose; to release, to set free
5Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
6Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
8Chichewaiyehe, she

via German loslassen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanloslassento let loose, let go
2Germanlassento allow; to permit; to let
3Middle High Germanlāzen—
4Old High Germanlāzanto let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release
5Proto-West Germaniclātanto let, to allow; to leave alone
6Proto-Germaniclētanąto let, to allow; to leave alone
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired

via Middle High German losunge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlosunge—

Words derived from “Lösung”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →