Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/laiþasam

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *laiþ +‎ *-sam.

Adjective

*laiþasam

1. painful, horrible, tiresome, hated

Descendants

• Old English: *lāþsum
  • Middle English: laithsum, lothesum, loothsum, lothsom, lothsome, laytsom
    • English: loathsome
    • Scots: laithsum, laithsome
• Old Saxon: *lēthsam
  • Middle Low German: lêtsam, leitsam
• Old Dutch: *lēthsam
  • Middle Dutch: leetsam, leetsaem
    • Dutch: leedzaam
• Old High German: leidsam
  • Middle High German: leitsam
    • German: leidsam