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

Definitions

  1. thigh

Ancestry of “lær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselærthigh
2Proto-Germaniclahwazthigh
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlogʷʰ-es-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lahwaz →Every word from Old Norse lær →