la
Norwegian Nynorsk
/lɑː/
verb
Definitions
- let, allow
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse láta inherited from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (let, leave alone, leave, allow, leave behind) root from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (let, leave, let go, leave behind, give out, let out, be tired).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leh₁d-
Gloss
let, leave, let go, leave behind, give out, let out, be tired
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Cognates and derived terms
- bloodlet English
- forlet English
- inlet English
- let English
- letcha English
- lettable English
- lettest English
- letteth English
- lettor English
- offlet English
- outlet English
- re-let English
- relet English
- sublet English
- underlet English
- unlet English
- cirrus Latin
- let French
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- *lh̥₁d-ne/o- Proto-Indo-European
- låt Norwegian Bokmål
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēswō Proto-Germanic
- *lētaną Proto-Germanic
- cirrus Norwegian Nynorsk
- cirrussky Norwegian Nynorsk
- låt Norwegian Nynorsk
- låta Norwegian Nynorsk
- læss Norwegian Nynorsk
- læst Norwegian Nynorsk
- læstsom Norwegian Nynorsk
- nn Norwegian Nynorsk
- sky Norwegian Nynorsk
- tillata Norwegian Nynorsk
- tillate Norwegian Nynorsk
- lætan Old English
- lǣtan Old English
- leten Middle English
- aflát Old Norse
- leti Old Norse
- láta Old Norse
- látast Old Norse
- lazan Old High German
- lāzan Old High German
- 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lātan gmw-pro
- latan Old Dutch
- lātan Old Dutch
- latan Old Saxon
- lata Old Swedish
- lata, lāta Old Swedish
- *lādrā Proto-Albanian
- *lēda Proto-Albanian