Where does “liegen” come from?

liegen (German) comes 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.

liegen (German): to lie; to be, to lie somewhere; to be located,...

Definitions

  1. to lie; to be, to lie somewhere; to be located,...

Ancestry of “liegen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “liegen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic liggjan →