Where does “lægja” come from?
lægja (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse lægi, from Serbo-Croatian legija, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lægja (Icelandic): to reduce, to make lower
Ancestry of “lægja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | lægi | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | legija | legion |
| 3 | Latin | legiō | — |
| 4 | Latin | legō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “lægja”