An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Lachter

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
Lachter
Friedrich Kluge2507476An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — Lachter1891John Francis Davis

Lachter, n. and f., ‘fathom,’ from the equiv. MidHG. lâhter, lâfter (MidG.); its early history is obscure; the stem is not the same as in Klafter,