Where does “liegen” come from?

liegen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch liegen, from Old Dutch liegan, from Proto-West Germanic leugan, from Proto-Germanic leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

liegen (Dutch): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “liegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchliegento lie
2Old Dutchlieganto lie, to tell untruth
3Proto-West Germanicleuganto lie, to tell a falsehood
4Proto-Germanicleuganąto lie, to tell a falsehood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “liegen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic leuganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic leugan →