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Where does “lakwijaną” come from?

lakwijaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- — to be slack; be limp; droop; sag.

Ancestry of “lakwijaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂g-to be slack; be limp; droop; sag

Words derived from “lakwijaną”

  • latch
  • latchkey
  • unlatch
  • Latchford
  • latchstring
  • throatlatch
  • doorlatch
  • deadlatch
  • drawlatch
  • relatch
  • deadlatched
  • latcheth
  • latche
  • lacche
  • lacchen
  • læċċan
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