Where does “לעצטנס” come from?
לעצטנס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לעצט, from Middle High German lest, from Middle High German lezzest, from Old High German lezzist, from Old High German laz, from Proto-Germanic lataz, from Proto-Indo-European lē(y)d-.
לעצטנס (Yiddish): recently
Ancestry of “לעצטנס”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | לעצט | last |
| 2 | Middle High German | lest | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | lezzest | — |
| 4 | Old High German | lezzist | — |
| 5 | Old High German | laz | slow; lazy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lataz | slow, sluggish; lazy; late |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lē(y)d- | — |