léttr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, whence also Old English lēoht, Old High German līhti, liht. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

léttr

  1. light
  2. easy

Descendants

  • Danish: let
  • Faroese: lættur
  • Icelandic: léttur
  • Norwegian: lett (Bokmål), lett (Nynorsk)
  • Swedish: lätt
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