Where does “láss” come from?

láss (Old Norse) comes from Hungarian lát, from German lōt, from Hebrew לוֹט — myrrh.

láss (Old Norse): lock

Definitions

  1. lock

Ancestry of “láss”, step by step

láss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian lát

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlátto see
2Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
3Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

via Proto-Germanic lamsaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclamsazlock

Words derived from “láss”

Every word from Hebrew לוֹט →Every word from German lōt →Every word from Hungarian lát →