Where does “Leet” come from?

Leet (Plautdietsch) comes from Old English lēt, from Old English lǣtan, from Proto-West Germanic lātan, from Proto-Germanic lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.

Leet (Plautdietsch): song

Definitions

  1. song

Ancestry of “Leet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlēt—
2Old Englishlǣtanto let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let...
3Proto-West Germaniclātanto let, to allow; to leave alone
4Proto-Germaniclētanąto let, to allow; to leave alone
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₁d-to be tired

Words derived from “Leet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lētaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lātan →