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Where does “lás” come from?

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

lás (Icelandic): lock

Definitions

  1. lock

Ancestry of “lás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselásslock
2Hungarianlátto see
3Germanlōt—
4Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

Words derived from “lás”

  • lásbogi
Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →