*laizō

Runic: ᛚᚨᛁᛉᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑi̯.zɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

teaching; lore; doctrine

From *laizijaną (‘to teach’), from *lizaną + *-janą, stative from the root *leys- (‘track, furrow, trace, trail’). Piecewise doublet of *laisō.

*laiʀu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēra (Old Dutch)
  - lêre (Middle Dutch)
    - leer (Dutch)
    - lieër (Limburgish)
*laiʀu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lār (Old English)
  - lore, lar, lare, layre, lere, leyre, loore, lære, leore, loare (Middle English)
    - lare, lair (Scots)
*laiʀu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lār (Old English)
  - lore, lar, lare, layre, lere, leyre, loore, lære, leore, loare (Middle English)
    - lore (English)
      - лор (lor) (Russian)
      - лор (lor) (Ukrainian)
*laiʀu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lāre (Old Frisian)
  - Lere, Leere (Saterland Frisian)
  - leare (West Frisian)
*laiʀu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēra (Old High German)
  - lēre, lār, lāre (Middle High German)
    - Lehre (German)
    - Léier (Luxembourgish)
*laiʀu (Proto-West Germanic)
- lēra (Old Saxon)
  - lêre, lêr, lâre, lâr (Middle Low German)
    - lære (Danish)
    - Lehre, Lehr (German Low German)
    - lære (Norwegian)
    - lära (Swedish)
*𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍉 (*laisō) (Gothic)
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (laisareis), 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (laiseigs) (Gothic)