Where does “lesen” come from?

lesen (Middle English) comes from Old French lesser, from Latin laxō, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

lesen (Middle English): to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to...

Definitions

  1. to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to...

Ancestry of “lesen”, step by step

lesen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French lesser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchlesserAlternative form of laissier
2Latinlaxōto extend, expand
3Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

via Old English lesan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlesanto gather, collect
2Proto-West Germanic*lesan—
3Proto-Germaniclesanąto gather, collect
4Proto-Indo-Europeanles-to gather, to collect

via Old High German lāzan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlāzanto let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release
2Proto-West Germaniclātanto let, to allow; to leave alone
3Proto-Germaniclētanąto let, to allow; to leave alone
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired

Words derived from “lesen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin laxus →Every word from Latin laxō →