Where does “last” come from?
last (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Icelandic látast, from Icelandic -st, from Old Norse -sk, from Proto-Germanic *sek, from Proto-Indo-European swe-, from Proto-Indo-European swé — self.
last (Norwegian Nynorsk): a load or cargo
Ancestry of “last”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | látast | To pass away, to die |
| 2 | Icelandic | -st | turns verbs into middle voice verbs |
| 3 | Old Norse | -sk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *sek | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swe- | self |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | swé | self |
Words derived from “last”