laat
Afrikaans
/lɑːt/
verb
Definitions
- (auxiliary) to cause to, to make;
- (auxiliary) to let;
- (auxiliary) to may, to let;
- (copulative) to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
- (auxiliary) to let, to allow to
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish laten (let, leave) inherited from Middle Dutch laten inherited from Old Dutch lātan inherited from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (let, leave alone, leave, allow, leave behind).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lētaną
Gloss
let, leave alone, leave, allow, leave behind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- achterlaten Dutch, Flemish
- aderlaten Dutch, Flemish
- doorlaten Dutch, Flemish
- laten Dutch, Flemish
- loslaten Dutch, Flemish
- nalaten Dutch, Flemish
- ontlaten Dutch, Flemish
- toelaten Dutch, Flemish
- uitlaten Dutch, Flemish
- verlaten Dutch, Flemish
- weglaten Dutch, Flemish
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- *lētaną Proto-Germanic
- lætan Old English
- lǣtan Old English
- láta Old Norse
- laten Middle Dutch
- lazan Old High German
- lāzan Old High German
- 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lātan gmw-pro
- antlatan Old Dutch
- farlatan Old Dutch
- latan Old Dutch
- lātan Old Dutch
- latan Old Saxon