laîssi

Norman

Etymology

From Old French lesser, laisier (“to let, let go, leave”), partly from Latin laxō, laxāre (“relax, loosen”), partly from or influenced by Old High German lāzan (“to let, let go, leave”), from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to let, leave, leave alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, let”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

laîssi

1. (Jersey) to leave

Derived terms

• laîssi corrompre (“to take bribes”)
• laîssi paître ès coucous (“to leave fallow”)