An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/lösen

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

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Friedrich Kluge2509227An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, L — lösen1891John Francis Davis

lösen, vb., ‘to loosen, free,’ from the equiv. MidHG. lœsen, OHG. lôsen (*lôsjan); a derivative of the MidHG. and OHG. adj. lôs (see los); comp. Goth. lausjan, ‘to loosen,’ from laus, ‘loose.’