Old English læs

← Old English lǣssa (link)

← English lessow (link)

← English leasow (link)

← Middle English lesewe (link)

← Middle English leesewe (link)

← Proto-Germanic *laisiz (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *lāsu (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *leys- (derived)

← Old Frisian lēs (cognate)

← Old Saxon lēs (cognate)

← Scots lesoue (link)

← Scots lesour (link)

← Scots lesure (link)

→ English least (mention)

→ English lest (mention)