las-

    las-

    English meaning: willing, active, covetous

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “gierig, lasziv, mutwillig, ausgelassen sein”

    Material: O.Ind. laṣati “begehrt” (*la-ls-ati), lülasa- “begierig, violent, verlangend”, ullasita- “ausgelassen, bratty”, lasati ‘strebt, plays, shows, is vergnũgt”; latter stands for also ‘seems, shines”, compare Gk. λάω “blicke”, wherefore also ἀ-λαός “blind”; perhaps originally various group; Gk. λιλαίομaι “begehre, sehne mich” (*λι-λασι̯ομαι), perf. λελίημαι (analogy after τετίημαι “bin grieving “); λάστη πόρνη Hes., λάσθη “ludibrium” (etc.), λᾶσθαι (*λα[σ]-εσθαι) παίζειν, λοιδορεῖν Hes., ληναί βάκχαι. ᾽Αρκάδες Hes. (*λασ-νο-), ληνίς “Bacchantin” (out of it Lat. lēna “Kupplerin”); Lat. lascīvus “bratty, ausgelassen, zũgellos, luscious, horny, lustful” (further formations an adj. *las-ko-s); in addition also (?) Lür, Lůris, aLat. Larēs “Geister” (eig. “die Gierigen, Lechzenden”), lürua, lürva (*lüsou̯ ü) “ghost, Larve, mask” (Lür hat nominativische lengthened grade); O.Ir. lainn “ greedy “ (*las-ni-s); Goth. lustus, O.H.G. O.S. O.E. lust “lust”, O.Ice. losti m. “pleasure, joy, lust, eagerness “ (reduced grade); lyst f. ds. from M.L.G. lust; Lith. lokšnù s “zärtlich” (*lüsknus); Serb. lȁska ‘schmeichelei”, Cz. láska “love”; compare Russ. lásyj “erpicht, naschhaft”, lasovatь “naschen”, etc.; lasko-sérdyj “ lustful, greedy “, lásitь ‘schmeicheln”, lástitь ds., etc.

    References: WP. II 386 f., WH. I 762 f., 766 f., Trautmann 150.