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

Definitions

  1. recently

Ancestry of “לעצטנס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלעצטlast
2Middle High Germanlest—
3Middle High Germanlezzest—
4Old High Germanlezzist—
5Old High Germanlazslow; lazy
6Proto-Germaniclatazslow, sluggish; lazy; late
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlē(y)d-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lē(y)d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lataz →Every word from Old High German laz →