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

Definitions

  1. let

Ancestry of “lask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Livonianlaskõto let
2Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
3Voticlaskõato let go, let loose, release
4Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
5Proto-Uraliclaćke-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic laćke- →Every word from Proto-Finnic laskedak →Every word from Votic laskõa →