léttr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, whence also Old English lēoht, Old High German līhti, liht. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.

Adjective

léttr

1. light
2. easy

Descendants

• Danish: let
• Faroese: lættur
• Icelandic: léttur
• Norwegian: lett (Bokmål), lett (Nynorsk)
• Swedish: lätt