lesken

Finnish

Noun

lesken

genitive singular of leski

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *laskijaną, related to *laisiz (“smaller, lesser, fewer, lower”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to shrink, grow thin, become small, be gentle”).

Verb

lesken

to extinguish
to lessen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Middle Dutch: lesschen
- Dutch: lessen

Further reading

“lesken”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “less”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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