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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lēziz

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Alternative reconstructions

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Etymology

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Origin uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *les- (to gather, lease) (whence *lesaną (to gather, collect)), with original sense "harvestable (of land)" > "released (of land for harvesting)" > "cleared (of land)" > "empty".[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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*lēziz

  1. empty

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “leer”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN