Where does “lodd” come from?

lodd (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish lod, from Middle Low German lōt, from Old Saxon lōd, from Proto-West Germanic laud — lead.

lodd (Norwegian Bokmål): a lot; a lottery ticket or prize; a weight

Definitions

  1. a lot; a lottery ticket or prize; a weight

Ancestry of “lodd”, step by step

lodd traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish lod

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlodplumb bob; lead; sinker
2Middle Low Germanlōt—
3Old Saxonlōd—
4Proto-West Germaniclaudlead

via Old Norse hlutr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehlutrpart, thing; participation; fate, lot
2Proto-Germanichlutąlot, share; fate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

Words derived from “lodd”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic laud →Every word from Old Saxon lōd →Every word from Middle Low German lōt →