The story
- Old Norse · derived fromlǫskr“unmarried”
- Middle English · inherited fromlas
- English todaylass
From Middle English las, lasce, lasse (“female infant or child; young woman”), traditionally derived from Old Norse lǫskr (“unmarried”, adjective); see Middle English las for more. Cognates Scots lass, lassie
Words from the same roots
Old Norselǫskr all →
lusk
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.