Baltic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Baltic: *leîd- (-ja-), *laîd- vb. tr. (2), *laîd-ī- vb., *laîd-a- m., *laîd-ā̂ f. (2), *laî(d)-m-ā̂, -iā̃ f. (1), *lī̂d- vb. intr.

Meaning: let

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: léisti (léidžia, -dē), dial. láisti `lassen, loslassen, frei lassen, in Bewegung setzen, treiben, schleudern, senden, schicken, usw.; anordnrn, fügen; (intr.) tauen', intens. láidīti; laidà 'Untergang; Erlaubnis, Ausgabe, Auflage', láida-s 'Unterpfand, Bürge, Geisel'; laidìnti 'loslassen, fahren lassen, anfeuchten, netzen'; laidù- 'geneigt, schräg, schief, schlüpfrig'; lī̃di-s 'Lauf, Sprung, Neigung, Abschüssigkeit, Zeitraum'; līdḗti `be-, geleiten', lī́sti (-sta, -dō) 'nachlassen, nachgeben'; láimē 'Glück, Schicksal', Láima 'Glücks-, Schicksalsgöttin'

Lettish: laîst (-žu, -du) 'lassen', laîda (/ laĩda Kand.) 'Reihe, Strich, Streifen, Haufe; Flug; etwas Eingelassenes, Ausgebreitetes'; laids 'Reihe, Haufe; Melodie, Weise; angeweisstes Stück an der Sense; pl. laîdi 'Seitenbretter od. -hölzer am Boote'; laĩma, laĩme 'Glück; Glücksgottin'

Indo-European etymology :

Proto-IE: *lēy-, *lēi-d-

Meaning: to leave, to let

Old Greek: laidrḗ = thraseĩa (Hsch.); lēdeĩn = kopiãn, kekmēkénai (Hsch.)

Baltic: *leîd- (-ja-), *laîd- vb. tr. (2), *laîd-ī- vb., *laîd-a- m., *laîd-ā̂ f. (2), *laî(d)-m-ā̂, -iā̃ f. (1), *lī̂d- vb. intr.

Germanic: *lē-, *lē-t-a- vb.

Albanian: ? l'ōɵ 'mache müde'

Russ. meaning: оставлять

References: WP II 395 f

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *lē-, *lētan-

Meaning: let

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: *lētan st. `release, forgive'; fra-lēt n. (a) `forgiveness'; fra-lēt-s m. `freedman'

Old Norse: lāta st. `lassen'

Norwegian: lata vb.

Swedish: lɔta vb.

Danish: lade vb.

Old English: lǟtan

English: let

Old Frisian: lēta vb.

Old Saxon: lātan

Dutch: laten

Middle Low German: lāten

Old High German: lāʒan, lān (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: lāʒen, lān (prt. lieʒ, lie, ptc. gelāʒen, gelān, lān) 'lassen'

German: lassen