Where does “læs” come from?

læs (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu — letting, allowing.

læs (Old English): pasture, meadow, leasow; less

Definitions

  1. pasture, meadow, leasow; less

Ancestry of “læs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lāsuletting, allowing
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu