Where does “ligegyldig” come from?

ligegyldig (Danish) comes from Danish gyldig, from German gültig, from Middle High German gülte, from German gelten, from Middle High German gelten, from Old High German geltan, from Proto-West Germanic geldan, from Proto-Germanic geldaną — to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay.

ligegyldig (Danish): making no difference

Definitions

  1. making no difference

Ancestry of “ligegyldig”, step by step

ligegyldig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish gyldig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishgyldigvalid
2Germangültigvalid, validated, legal; available
3Middle High Germangülteincome, interest
4Germangeltento be valid; to count; to hold true; to be...
5Middle High Germangelten—
6Old High Germangeltanto pay
7Proto-West Germanicgeldanto pay for
8Proto-Germanicgeldanąto pay; to have/give value
9Proto-Indo-Europeangʰeldʰ-to repay, reward; to pay; to pay for, repay

via Danish lige

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishligelike, match; straight, not bent; equal
2Danishligequal to; like, similar to; body, corpse
3Old Norselíkleechline; body; leech
4Middle Low Germanlīk—
5Proto-Germaniclīkąbody; corpse, dead body; leech-line, bolt-rope
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “ligegyldig”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰeldʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic geldaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic geldan →