Etymology

leasow

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Today it means: (Green) land as opposed to flood or desert; a pasture. Full definition →

Middle English leesewe ← Old English lǣs ← Proto-West Germanic *lāsu
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*lāsu“pasture”
  2. Old English · inherited fromlǣs“pasture”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromleesewe
  4. English todayleasow

From Middle English leesewe, lesewe, leswe, from Old English lǣs (“pasture”), from Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (“pasture”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlǣs all →

lesslease

Proto-West Germanic*lāsu all →

lease

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.