lese
English
/liːz/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To lose.
- (obsolete) To destroy.
- (obsolete) To forsake or abandon.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lesen (lose) inherited from Old English *lēosan inherited from Proto-Germanic *leusaną (lose, go) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- (sever, lose, cut loose, loose, cut).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewHs-
Gloss
sever, lose, cut loose, loose, cut
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forlese English
- lease English
- leese English
- *lewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *lews- Proto-Indo-European
- *fraleusaną Proto-Germanic
- *galuzanaz Proto-Germanic
- *leusaną Proto-Germanic
- *leuzēną Proto-Germanic
- *lusą Proto-Germanic
- förlisa Swedish
- lisa Swedish
- *lēosan Old English
- forleosan Old English
- leoran Old English
- lesan Old English
- forlesen Middle English
- lesen Middle English
- withlesen Middle English
- vorlêsen, vorlisen Middle Low German