An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Lot

by Friedrich Kluge

Lot, n., ‘lead (or soft metal), half an ounce,’ from MidHG. lôt (in OHG. by chance not recorded), n., ‘lead, weight cast from lead’; corresponding to Du. lood, ‘lead, kind of weight,’ AS. leád, E. lead. The old West Teut. *lauda-, n., ‘lead,’ is connected with the equiv. OIr. luáide. —