Where does “delie” come from?

delie (English) comes from English lie, from Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe, from Proto-West Germanic *lugi, from Proto-Germanic lugiz, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

delie (English): To deny and lie simultaneously

Definitions

  1. To deny and lie simultaneously

Ancestry of “delie”, step by step

delie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlieTo rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To...
2Middle Englishlie—
3Old Englishlyġelie, falsehood
4Proto-West Germanic*lugifalse, lying
5Proto-Germaniclugizlie, falsehood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

via English deny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdenyTo disallow or reject; To assert that something...
2Middle EnglishdenyenTo deny a truth; a charge
3Old Frenchdenoierto deny, to repudiate; to deny, repudiate
4Latindēnegāre—
5Latinnegāre—
6Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →