laja | OEDoS

laja f. (Noun) "leash" 16th cent. From Latin laxa "wide," "loose." From Proto-Italic *slaksā-, masculine *slakso- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *sl̥ǵ-so- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Italian lasso Italic Latin languere "to be faint" (from *(s)l-n̥-ǵ-u̯- "faint") Germanic Old Norse slakr "weak," Old High German slach 'id.,' Old Saxon slak 'id.,' Old English slæc 'id.' (English slack) Hellenic Ancient Greek λάγνος (lágnos) "voluptuous" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit ślakṣṇá- "slippery" Tocharian A slākkär "sad," B slakkare "darting" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.