Where does “legen” come from?

legen (German) comes 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.

legen (German): to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it...

Definitions

  1. to lay, to put, to place, to position, so that it...

Ancestry of “legen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlegento lay, to put into a horizontal position
2Old High Germanlegen—
3Proto-West Germaniclaggjanto lay, to place
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “legen”

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