Etymology Explorer › Danish

Where does “lår” come from?

lår (Danish) comes from Old Danish lār, from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic lahwaz, from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es-.

lår (Danish): thigh

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “lår”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Danishlār—
2Old Norselærthigh
3Proto-Germaniclahwazthigh
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʷʰ-es-—

Words derived from “lår”

  • lårben
Every word from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es- →