The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*laiþāną
- Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*laiþēn
- Old English · inherited fromlāþian
- Middle English · inherited fromlothe
- English todayloathe
From Middle English lothe, from Old English lāþian, from Proto-West Germanic *laiþēn, from Proto-Germanic *laiþāną. Cognate with Old Norse leiðask ( > Danish ledes, Icelandic leiðast, all reflexive), German Leid.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlāþian all →
lathe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.