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Where does “lajenen” come from?

lajenen (Dutch) comes from Yiddish לייענען, from Old French lire, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lajenen (Dutch): To leyn, that is, to read from a Torah scroll

Definitions

  1. To leyn, that is, to read from a Torah scroll

Ancestry of “lajenen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלייענעןto read
2Old Frenchlireto read; to be read
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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