Where does “downlying” come from?
downlying (English) comes from English lying, 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.
downlying (English): The time of retiring to rest; The travail in...
Definitions
- The time of retiring to rest; The travail in...
Ancestry of “downlying”, step by step
downlying traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lying
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lying | present participle of lie; The act of one who... |
| 2 | English | lie | To rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | lie | — |
| 4 | Old English | lyġe | lie, falsehood |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *lugi | false, lying |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lugiz | lie, falsehood |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewgʰ- | to lie, to tell falsehood |