Where does “לאָזן” come from?
לאָזן (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German lāzzen, from Old High German lāzan, from Proto-West Germanic lātan, from Proto-Germanic lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European leh₁d- — to be tired.
לאָזן (Yiddish): to let, allow
Ancestry of “לאָזן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | lāzzen | — |
| 2 | Old High German | lāzan | to let, let go, leave; to let, let go, release |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |
Words derived from “לאָזן”