Where does “Liège” come from?

Liège (French) comes from Old French liege, from Vulgar Latin levius, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

Liège (French): cork dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water

Definitions

  1. cork dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water

Ancestry of “Liège”, step by step

Liège traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French liege

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchliegeliege, servant; liege, free
2Vulgar Latinleviuscomparative degree of leviter
3Latinlēvislight, not heavy
4Proto-Italicleɣʷislight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léngʰuslightweight
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Proto-Germanic liudīz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicliudīzman, person
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁léwdʰispeople
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lewdʰ-to grow; people

Words derived from “Liège”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus →Every word from Proto-Italic leɣʷis →