Where does “laschen” come from?

laschen (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German leschen, from Old Saxon leskian, from Proto-West Germanic *laskijan, from Proto-Germanic laskijaną — to extinguish, to quench.

laschen (Plautdietsch): to erase

Definitions

  1. to erase

Ancestry of “laschen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanleschen—
2Old Saxonleskian—
3Proto-West Germanic*laskijanto extinguish, to quench
4Proto-Germaniclaskijanąto extinguish, to quench

Words derived from “laschen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic laskijaną →