Where does “oläslighet” come from?
oläslighet (Swedish) comes from Swedish oläslig, from Swedish läslig, from Swedish läsa, from Old Swedish læsa, from Old Norse læsa, from Old Norse láss, from Hungarian lát, from German lōt — myrrh.
oläslighet (Swedish): unreadableness, illegibility
Definitions
- unreadableness, illegibility
Ancestry of “oläslighet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | oläslig | unreadable (impossible to read, not worth reading, or unreadable by a device) |
| 2 | Swedish | läslig | readable (legible) |
| 3 | Swedish | läsa | to read; to interpret written information; to... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | læsa | to collect, gather; to read |
| 5 | Old Norse | læsa | to lock |
| 6 | Old Norse | láss | lock |
| 7 | Hungarian | lát | to see |
| 8 | German | lōt | plummet device for measuring water depth |
| 9 | Hebrew | לוֹט | myrrh |