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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1176
Root: lēs: lǝs-
English meaning: weak, feeble
German meaning: `schlaff, matt'
General comments: Erweiterung zu lē(i)- `nachlassen'
Material: Got. lasiws (*las-īu̯os) `schwach', mhd. er-leswen `schwach werden'; aisl. lasinn `schwach, zerstört', las-meyrr `schwach, elend', mnd. lasich = lasch, las `schlaff, matt', isl. laraðr `müde';

    slav. *lošь in bulg. loš `schlecht, übel, schlimm, häßlich', skr. lȍš `unglücklich, schlecht' u. dgl.; sehr fraglich ist Heranziehung von lat. sublestus `schwach, gering';

    hierher als `schlaff niederhängender Fetzen' vielleicht mnd. las keilförmiger Lappen', dän. norw. las, lase `Lumpen', mnd. mhd. lasche m. `Lappen, Fetzen'; lit. lãskana `Lumpen, Lappen', russ. lóskut `Stück, Lappen';

    toch. A ljäṣk- `Weiche'.

References: WP. II 439 f., Trautmann 150 s. v. *lasi̯a- und *laskanā-.
Pages: 680
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *lAks-, *lAsk-
Meaning: rag
Slavic: *loskutъ, *laxъ, *loxmъ
Baltic: *lask-an-ā̂ f., *lask-at-a-, -ut-a- c., *lesk-ā̂ f.
Germanic: *lask-an- m., *lask-ō(n-) f.
Russ. meaning: лоскут
References: WP II 439 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: ло́ску́т,
Near etymology: род. п. -а́, укр. лоскут, др.-русск. лоскутъ "участок земли", болг. лоску́н "кружок, кусок мыла".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. lãskana "рубище, лохмотья, тряпье", lãskatas "тряпка, лоскут", laskatúoti "висеть, развеваться (об оторвавшемся лоскутке); махать", leskis "уголок платка", лтш. lęskа "лоскут, ком грязи", ср.-нж.-нем. las, lasche "тряпка", ср.-в.-н. lаsсhе; см. Буга, РФВ 67, 242; 71, 465; Траутман, ВSW 150; М.--Э. 2, 453; Маценауэр 244; LF 9, 216; Бернекер 1, 734; Торп 364.
Pages: 2,521
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *lask-an-ā̂ f., *lask-at-a-, -ut-a- c., *lesk-ā̂ f.
Meaning: rags
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lithuanian: lãskana, lãskata-s, lãskuta-s `Lappen, Fetzen, Fleck'
Lettish: lęska, l̨ęska 'Fetzen, Schmutzklumpen'
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *laskēn, *laskō(n)
Meaning: rags, shred
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: NIsl laski `onderstuk van een handschen'
English: lash
Middle Dutch: lassce `soort houtverbinding'
Dutch: las f. `verbindingstuk van twee constructiedelen'
Middle Low German: las, lasch 'Lappen, Fetzen', { `keilförmiger Lappen', lasche m. `Lappen, Fetzen' }
Middle High German: lasche wk. m. 'lappen, fetzen'
German: Lasche f.
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