Where does “lagen” come from?

lagen (Danish) comes from Old Norse lak, from Middle Low German lāken, from Old Saxon lakan, from Proto-Germanic lakaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- — to be slack; be limp; droop; sag.

lagen (Danish): sheet; definite singular of lage

Definitions

  1. sheet; definite singular of lage

Ancestry of “lagen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselak—
2Middle Low Germanlāken—
3Old Saxonlakan—
4Proto-Germaniclakanąlinen; cloth; sheet
5Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂g-to be slack; be limp; droop; sag

Words derived from “lagen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lakaną →Every word from Old Saxon lakan →
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