Where does “Liegebescheinigung” come from?

Liegebescheinigung (German) comes from German liegen, from Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from Old High German liggen, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

Liegebescheinigung (German): proof of hospitalization letter

Definitions

  1. proof of hospitalization letter

Ancestry of “Liegebescheinigung”, step by step

Liegebescheinigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German liegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanliegento lie; to be, to lie somewhere; to be located,...
2Middle High Germanligento lie, to be in a horizontal position
3Old High Germanligen
4Old High Germanliggen
5Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
6Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via German Bescheinigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBescheinigungcertificate, certification, attestation,...
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic liggjan