Where does “lugen” come from?

lugen (Dupaningan Agta) comes from Old High German lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from Proto-Germanic luginō, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

lugen (Dupaningan Agta): vehicle

Definitions

  1. vehicle

Ancestry of “lugen”, step by step

lugen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German lugina

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

via Middle High German luogen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanluogen—
2Old High Germanluogēn—
3Proto-West Germaniclōgēnto look, see, peer, peek

Words derived from “lugen”

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