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Where does “inlying” come from?

inlying (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.

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Ancestry of “inlying”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlyingpresent participle of lie; The act of one who...
2EnglishlieTo rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To...
3Middle Englishlie—
4Old Englishlyġelie, falsehood
5Proto-West Germanic*lugi—
6Proto-Germaniclugizlie, falsehood
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
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