Where does “liesche” come from?

liesche (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *liosko, from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō — the groin, crotch.

Ancestry of “liesche”, step by step

liesche traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch *liosko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch*liosko—
2Proto-West Germanic*leuskōthe groin, crotch

via Old High German liska

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanliskasedge, reed

Words derived from “liesche”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *leuskō →Every word from Old Dutch *liosko →