Where does “lager” come from?

Lager comes from Dutch lager, from German Lager meaning a place where something is laid or stored, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- meaning to lie or lay.

lager (English): A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting...

Definitions

  1. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting...

Ancestry of “lager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlagerfirst-person singular present of lagern; singular...
2Middle High Germanleger—
3Old High Germanlegar—
4Old Norselegr—
5Proto-Germaniclegrąa lying, a place where one lies; camp
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “lager”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic legrą →Every word from Old Norse legr →