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Another origin of last

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leys-‘to track, pursue’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*loystosreconstructed
3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laistaz‘track, trace, footprint’reconstructed
4. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laistijaną‘to track, follow’reconstructed
5. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*laistijan‘to track, follow’reconstructed
6. Old Englishc. 450–1150lǣstan‘to follow, pursue’
7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lasten
8. Englishtodaylast

Another origin of last

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leys-eh₂-reconstructed
2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*laistizreconstructed
3. Old Englishc. 450–1150lǣste‘shoemaker‘s last’
4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lest‘shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last’
5. Englishtodaylast

The noun is derived from Middle English lest, leste (‘shoemaker’s model shaped like a foot, last’), from Old English lǣste (‘shoemaker‘s last’), from Proto-Germanic *laistiz, from *laisǭ (‘track, trail’), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (‘to trace; to track’). The verb is derived from the noun.

Another origin of last

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂-‘to put, lay out’reconstructed
2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hlastuz‘burden, load, freight’reconstructed
3. Old Englishc. 450–1150hlæst‘burden, load, freight’
4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500last
5. Englishtodaysame form