Where does “lá” come from?

lá (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic lahaną, from Proto-Indo-European lok-.

lá (Old Norse): the line of the shoal water along the shore;...

Definitions

  1. the line of the shoal water along the shore;...

Ancestry of “lá”, step by step

lá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic lahaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclahanąto blame, fault, reproach
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlok-—

via Proto-Germanic *lahō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*lahōlake
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlókuspond, pool

Words derived from “lá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lok- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lahaną →