Where does “lask” come from?
lask (Livonian) comes from Livonian laskõ, from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
lask (Livonian): let
Ancestry of “lask”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Livonian | laskõ | — |
| 2 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 3 | Votic | laskõa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |