Where does “laŭleĝa” come from?

laŭleĝa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto laŭ, from German Laut, from Middle High German lūt, from Old High German lūt, from Proto-West Germanic hlūd, from Proto-Germanic hlūdaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlewtos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew- — to cover; to incline.

laŭleĝa (Esperanto): legal

Definitions

  1. legal

Ancestry of “laŭleĝa”, step by step

laŭleĝa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto laŭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantolaŭaccording to; along
2GermanLautsound; noise
3Middle High Germanlūtloud
4Old High Germanlūtloud
5Proto-West Germanichlūdloud; sound
6Proto-Germanichlūdazloud; famous
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlewtosheard, famous
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱlew-to hear
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱel-to cover; to incline

via Esperanto leĝo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoleĝolaw
2Italianleggelaw; third-person singular indicative present of...
3Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
4Proto-Italiclēg-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlew-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱlewtos