Where does “aufeinanderlegen” come from?

aufeinanderlegen (German) comes from German legen, from Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic laggjan, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

aufeinanderlegen (German): to lay on top of each other

Definitions

  1. to lay on top of each other

Ancestry of “aufeinanderlegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlegento lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it...
2Middle High Germanlegento lay, to put into a horizontal position
3Old High Germanlegen
4Proto-West Germaniclaggjanto lay, to place
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-