Where does “lögráða” come from?
lögráða (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lög, from Old Norse lǫg, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
lögráða (Icelandic): to be of full legal age, to be over the age of majority, to have full legal control over one's own person and financial matters
Definitions
- to be of full legal age, to be over the age of majority, to have full legal control over one's own person and financial matters
Ancestry of “lögráða”, step by step
lögráða traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic lög
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | lög | law or laws, statute; inflection of lag: ##... |
| 2 | Old Norse | lǫg | fate; situation, the condition that one is given... |
| 3 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 4 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Icelandic ráða
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | ráða | to employ, to hire; to solve; to command,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | ráða | to advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |