Proto-West Germanic

*lakkjan

‘to seize’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan.

2 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan, most familiar first.

• latch ← lacchen ← læċċan
• leach ← *lechen ← leċċan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *lakkjan