Where does “lær” come from?
lær (Faroese) comes from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic lahwaz, from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es-.
lær (Faroese): thigh
Ancestry of “lær”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | lær | thigh |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | lahwaz | thigh |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | logʷʰ-es- | — |