köken: Inherited from Middle French laische, from Old French lesche (“sedge”), from Frankish *lisca, *liska (“sedge”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (“sedge”), a diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (“reed, sedge”). The ultimate origin could be:. speculated ultimate origins * Borrowed from Romance/Medieval Latin lisca, though the reverse is also…
köken: Per Vasmer, possibly cognate with сечь (sečʹ, “to cut, to chop”) (1sg. секу́ (sekú)). Others propose a connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂еḱ- (“sharp”) (whence Russian о́стрый (óstryj)), relating the term to Lithuanian ašakà (“fishbone”), also ãšaka.
köken: Per Vasmer, possibly cognate with сікти́ (siktý, “to cut, to chop”). Others propose a connection with Proto-Indo-European *h₂еḱ- (“sharp”) (whence Ukrainian го́стрий (hóstryj)), relating the term to Lithuanian ašakà (“fishbone”), also ãšaka.
Ca. 1700, from Low German Segge, from Middle Low German segge, from Old Saxon *seggi, from Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz. Cognate with Dutch zegge, West Frisian sigge, English sedge, Scots seg.