Where does “lovbryder” come from?

lovbryder (Danish) comes from Danish lov, from Old Danish logh, from Old Norse lǫg, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

lovbryder (Danish): lawbreaker, offender

Definitions

  1. lawbreaker, offender

Ancestry of “lovbryder”, step by step

lovbryder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish lov

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlovlaw; permission; praise
2Old Danishloghlaw
3Old Norselǫgfate; situation, the condition that one is given...
4Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
5Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
6Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Danish bryder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbryderwrestler
2Danish-erForms agent nouns from verbs, with the sense...
3Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
4Latin-āriuser
5Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Old Norse leggja →