Etymograph

English

Last

Last comes from German Last ‘load, burden’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- ‘to put, lay out’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂-‘to put, lay out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlasti‘load, burden’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050last
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentLast‘load, burden’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂-‘to put, lay out’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hlasti‘load, burden’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050last
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentLast‘load, burden’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- / Last

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