Etymology

liss

L1I1S1S1

Today it means: Relief; ease; abatement; cessation; release. Full definition →

Middle English lis ← Old English liss ← Proto-Germanic *linþisjō
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

liss · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*lent-“bendsome, resilient”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*linþisjō“rest”
  3. Old English · inherited fromliss
  4. Middle English · inherited fromlis
  5. English todayliss

From Middle English lis, lisse, lysse, from Old English liss, līs, līþs (“grace, favor, love, kindness, mercy, joy, peace, rest, remission, forgiveness, alleviation, salvation”), from Proto-Germanic *linþisjō (“rest”), from Proto-Indo-European *lent- (“bendsome, resilient”). Cognate with Danish lise (“solace, relief”), Swedish lisa (“solace, relief”). Related to Old English līþe (“lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet”). See lithe.

liss · verb2

  1. Old English · derived fromliss
  2. Old English · inherited fromlissan“to subdue”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlissen
  4. English todayliss

From Middle English lissen, lyssen, from Old English lissan (“to subdue”), from Old English liss. Cognate with Swedish lisa (“to soften, weaken”). See above.

Liss · proper noun3

  1. Ukrainian · derived fromлис“fox”
  2. Polish · derived fromlis“fox”
  3. English todayLiss

A Germanized or Americanized form of Lis, from Polish lis (“fox”), Ukrainian лис (lys, “fox”), and related languages.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.