letzen
German (Berlin)
/ˈlɛt͡sn̩/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to injure, to harm, to hurt, to punish etc.
- to terminate the relationship, to quit with, to say goodbye
- to refresh with, to enliven by exposing to, to let feast
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German letzen inherited from Old High German lezzen inherited from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (hinder, delay, stall).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*latjaną
Gloss
hinder, delay, stall
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Verletzung German
- verletzen German
- verletzlich German
- *le(y)d- Proto-Indo-European
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *latjaną Proto-Germanic
- lettan Old English
- lezzen Old High German
- letzen Middle High German
- verletzen Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *letten Old Dutch
- lettian Old Saxon
- *latjan Frankish