Where does “outlie” come from?

outlie (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.

outlie (English): To tell more or better lies than; To lie outside,...

Definitions

  1. To tell more or better lies than; To lie outside,...

Ancestry of “outlie”, step by step

outlie 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 out

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoutAway from the inside, centre or other point of...
2Middle Englishouteout
3Old Englishūtout
4Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
5Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
6Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “outlie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lugiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lugi →