Where does “ligge” come from?

ligge (Alemannic German) comes from Old High German ligan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ligge (Alemannic German): to lie; to lie, be

Definitions

  1. to lie; to lie, be

Ancestry of “ligge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanligan—
2Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Old High German ligan →