Where does “lås” come from?

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

lås (Swedish): a lock

Definitions

  1. a lock

Ancestry of “lås”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselásslock
2Hungarianlátto see
3Germanlōtplummet device for measuring water depth
4Hebrewלוֹטmyrrh

Words derived from “lås”

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