Where does “lacen” come from?

lacen (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic lakaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- — to be slack; be limp; droop; sag.

Ancestry of “lacen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclakanąlinen; cloth; sheet
2Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂g-to be slack; be limp; droop; sag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lakaną →
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