Words that come from Proto-Germanic ligjaną

400 words across 34 languages descend from Proto-Germanic ligjaną — including lay, lie, legs, lying, leg, laying, layout, lays.

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English (155)

Finnish (52)

German (48)

Swedish (27)

Dutch (17)

Norwegian Bokmål (16)

Luxembourgish (14)

Danish (12)

Gothic (7)

Norwegian Nynorsk (6)

Yiddish (4)

Afrikaans (4)

Japanese (4)

Icelandic (3)

Middle Dutch (3)

Faroese (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Low German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Old Swedish (2)

Old Norse (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Samoan Plantation Pidgin (1)

Dutch Low Saxon (1)

German Low German (1)

Proto-Finnic (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old Irish (1)

Irish (1)

Middle English (1)

Torres Strait Creole (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)