lætter
Old Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- light (weight)
- easy
- easily disrupted
- insignificant, trivial
- mild, slight
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse léttr inherited from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*linhtaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- licht Dutch, Flemish
- *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- lett Norwegian Bokmål
- *linhtaz Proto-Germanic
- lett Norwegian Nynorsk
- leoht Old English
- léttleikr Old Norse
- léttr Old Norse
- let Danish
- léttur Icelandic
- liht Old High German
- lættur Faroese
- 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- *lį̄ht gmw-pro
- *līht Old Dutch
- lǣtter, lætter Old Swedish
- ljett Westrobothnian