Austric etymology :

Proto-Austric: *lVʔc (/ *lVt)

Meaning: to slide, slip off, let loose

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: *lVt (cf. also *lut 'slip', *lǝt/*lot run away, *lVt 'to peel, pull away', *lVc naked, *lVt pass, pass by, *lVt jump, *lVc enter)

Austroasiatic meaning: mistake, miss

Munda parallels: M lo:t(o) time of a fault

Proto-Austronesian: *ulus, -lus (Ache lAt to pluck, pull out )

Austronesian meaning: slide down, slip off

Proto-Thai: blat, gla:t; plo:t free; lo:t go through; lɔ:t to jump

Notes: For 'peel' cf. PAN *kulit 'skin' (Peiros 1998, 165; also OC 介 *krēts 'armor', see ibid., 224).

Austro-Asiatic etymology :

Proto-Austro-Asiatic: lVc

Meaning: to enter

Austric etymology: Austric etymology

Thai: lo:t to go through

Proto-Katuic: WK *luac

Proto-Bahnaric: NWB *luac

Katuic etymology :

Proto-Katuic: *luac

Meaning: go through

Presyllable: #

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-West Katuic: *luac

West Katuic etymology :

Proto-West Katuic: *luac

Meaning: go through

Presyllable: #

Katuic etymology: Katuic etymology

Bru Van Keu: luajʔ

Bru Van Keu meaning: go under/through

So: luac.B

So meaning: to crawl underneath

Bru: luajʔ.B

Bru meaning: to pass through (as an archway); pǝluajʔ.N to insert or pass sth through sth.

Bahnar etymology :

Proto-Bahnaric: *luǝc

Meaning: go under

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-Northwest-Bahnaric: *luac

North-West Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-North-West- Bahnaric: *luac

Meaning: go under

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Tariang: ʔluac P?

Kaseng: luǝc

References: TB17.380

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : LVCV

Meaning : loose(n)

Eurasiatic : *lVCV

Sino-Caucasian : ST *ƛōt (may be < Austric)

Austric : *lVʔc (/ *lVt)

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *lVCV

Meaning: to wear out; weak, exhausted

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *las-

Uralic: *läńćV ~ *läćV; *lońća; ? FP *luškV 'weak, loose', *luša; Ug. *lOćV ; FP *lawča

Kartvelian: *les-

Dravidian: *nas-

Comments: Cf. PA *laǯV 'heavy, clumsy'; PU *laćke- ~ *laśke- 'let go, release'.

References: МССНЯ 365, ОСНЯ 2, 16-17. ND 1328 *LASV 'be weak, worn out' (with very dub. SH); 1331 *l̄UšV 'weak'.

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *las-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: weak

Tokharian: B leswi 'attacks of weakness' (Adams 560)

Slavic: *lošь(jь)

Germanic: *las-iw-a- adj., *las-iw-ē- vb., *las-a- vb., *las-k-a- adj.

Latin: sublestus, -a `schwach, gering'

Russ. meaning: слабый

References: WH

Vasmer's dictionary :

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *lasiwa-, *lasiwēn- vb., *lasan- vb., *laska-

Meaning: weak, false

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: lasiw-s (a) `weak'

Old Norse: lasin-n `schlaff, schwach'; las-meyr, -mǟrr `elend, gebrechlich'

Norwegian: lasen

Old English: leswe, lyswe `falsch, übel, böse'

English: lazy

Middle Low German: las, lasich `slap, mat'

Middle High German: er-lɛswen wk. `schwach werden'

Uralic etymology :

Number: 471

Proto: *läńćV ~ *läćV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: week, flabby

German meaning: schwach, schlaff

Mari (Cheremis): ĺänzǝrä (KB), lańćǝ̑ra (U) 'abgenutzt, zerfetzt; schwach, kraftlos', lazǝ̑ra (B) 'lose, weich' ?

Komi (Zyrian): ĺić (V) 'leicht (e.g. um Herz)', ĺići̮d (S), ĺići̮t (P) 'schlaff, lose', li^.ćøt 'schwach' ?

Khanty (Ostyak): ḷäsǝk (V) 'schwach, kraftlos, lose', ḷȧsǝk (Trj.) 'lose, nicht straff' ?

K. Redei's notes: *ḷ-

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *les-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Russian meaning: уничтожать; тереть, точить

English meaning: to destroy; to rub, whet

Georgian: les-

Megrel: las-

Laz: las-

Laz meaning (Rus.): точить

Laz meaning (Eng.): to whet

Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 121, EWK 219-220. Иллич-Свитыч (ОСНЯ 2, 249) сравнивает с ПИЕ *les- 'слабый, разрушенный', драв. *nac- 'изнашиваться, слабеть' < ностр. *lAsV.

Dravidian etymology :

Proto-Dravidian : *nas-

Meaning : to fade, waste away

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Proto-South Dravidian: *nas-

Proto-North Dravidian : *nas-

South Dravidian etymology :

Proto-South Dravidian : *nas-

Meaning : to wear out; to fade away

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Tamil : naci (-v-, -nt-)

Tamil meaning : to be worn, frayed (as cloth), be reduced in circumstances

Tamil derivates : nai (-v-, -nt-) to waste away, be frayed (as cloth); (Koll.) nacey disease

Malayalam : naital

Malayalam meaning : decay

Kannada : nasi, nasiku

Kannada meaning : to wear out, wear away, waste away, wither, wane, decay, spoil, be faint, become poor or poorly; n. wasting, waning, faint twilight (of the morning)

Kannada derivates : nasu minuteness, smallness, fineness, a little, a trifle

Tulu : naskụ

Tulu meaning : twilight, dawn, early morning

Tulu derivates : neyiluni to fade, as a bunch of coconuts

Number in DED : 3575

North Dravidian etymology :

Proto-North-Dravidian : *nas-

Meaning : to cause men or cattle to sicken, languish, or die

Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology

Kurukh : nasnā

Additional forms : Also KUR nasrnā to be ill or pine away.

Number in DED : 3575

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