Proto-Germanic
*lausaz
‘loose, free’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *lausaz.
4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *lausaz, most familiar first.
- loose ← loos ← lauss
- lease ← lesen ← lēasian ← lēas ← *laus
- loess ← Löss ← lösch ← los ← *laus
- leese ← lesen ← lȳsan ← *lausijaną
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *lausaz