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Where does “erlegen” come from?

erlegen (German) comes from Middle High German erleggen, from Old High German arleggen, from Proto-Germanic uzlagjaną, from Proto-Germanic uz-, from Proto-Indo-European uss-, from Proto-Indo-European uds-, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

erlegen (German): past participle of erliegen; causative of...

Definitions

  1. past participle of erliegen; causative of...

Ancestry of “erlegen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanerleggen—
2Old High Germanarleggen—
3Proto-Germanicuzlagjanąto cause to lie down; lay down
4Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
7Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “erlegen”

  • auferlegen
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