Where does “løgn” come from?

løgn (Danish) comes from Old Saxon lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from Proto-Germanic luginō, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

løgn (Danish): lie

Definitions

  1. lie

Ancestry of “løgn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonluginafalsehood
2Proto-West Germanic*luginulie, falsehood
3Proto-Germanicluginōlie, falsehood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “løgn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic luginō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *luginu →
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