An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/letzen
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry letzen. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
letzen, verb, ‘to injure,’ from lętzen, Old High German lęzzen, ‘to check, stop, hinder, damage, hurt’; corresponding to Gothic latjan, galatjan, ‘to stop, check,’ Anglo-Saxon lęttan, English to let; a common Teutonic denominative from the adjective lata-; compare laß and lassen.