Where does “liga” come from?

liga (Gaulish) comes from Proto-Celtic legyā, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

liga (Gaulish): silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium

Definitions

  1. silt, sediment, deposit, alluvium

Ancestry of “liga”, step by step

liga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic legyā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticlegyālayer
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Celtic *legyā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*legyā—

Words derived from “liga”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic legyā →