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Where does “lazan” come from?

lazan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic lātan, from Proto-Germanic lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.

lazan (Old High German): to let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release

Definitions

  1. to let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release

Ancestry of “lazan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclātanto let, to allow; to leave alone
2Proto-Germaniclētanąto let, to allow; to leave alone
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired

Words derived from “lazan”

  • Nachlass
  • überlassen
  • Gelassenheit
  • Hinterlassenschaft
  • niederlassen
  • liegenlassen
  • unerlässlich
  • erlassen
  • nachlassen
  • Nachlass
  • unablässig
  • belassen
  • herunterlassen
  • Freilassung
  • freilassen
  • zulassen
  • Auslassventil
  • Auslass
  • hereinlassen
  • unterlassen
  • lassen
  • Entlassung
  • entlassen
  • hinterlassen
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