Where does “leg” come from?

leg (Aromanian) comes from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

leg (Aromanian): I tie, bind

Definitions

  1. I tie, bind

Ancestry of “leg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligōhoe, mattock
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →