Dictionary verb *le(i)- lassen hochlassen
(verb)

Meanings

1.
to let someone up somewhere
(Only in the sense of actual locations. VERY similar to "rauflassen". The only difference I can think of is that this one also works for "greater heights", like letting someone up a mountain.)
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Word Family

Root: *le(i)-

The core idea of this root was:

letting go, slacken off, relenting

And we can still see this sense in the English offspring, like last, let, lenient, latter or late.

By the way, the words relax and and release, though they would fit in here, apparently come from a different root.

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