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Where does “lærest” come from?

lærest (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic laisistaz — smallest; least.

lærest (Old English): least

Definitions

  1. least

Ancestry of “lærest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclaisistazsmallest; least

Words derived from “lærest”

  • last
  • least
  • lasting
  • lastly
  • ballast
  • outlast
  • lastingly
  • leastwise
  • lasteth
  • lastborn
  • lastingness
  • laster
  • leastest
  • lastest
  • lastness
  • unballast
  • ballastage
  • ballastless
  • leastness
  • deballast
  • outlasteth
  • outlastest
  • overballast
  • lastability
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