lait

lait · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*wel-“to see”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*wlaitōną“to look out, see”
3. Old Norse · derived fromleita“to seek, search, inquire”
4. Middle English · inherited fromlaiten
5. English todaylait

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

Lait · proper noun²

1. Old Norse · derived fromhlað“pile, stack; barn”
2. English todayLait

From Old Norse hlað (“pile, stack; barn”), a topographic surname for someone who lived near a barn.

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