Where does “lögreglumaður” come from?
lögreglumaður (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic lögregla, 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.
lögreglumaður (Icelandic): policeman, police officer
Definitions
- policeman, police officer
Ancestry of “lögreglumaður”, step by step
lögreglumaður traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic lögregla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | lögregla | police; policeman |
| 2 | Icelandic | lög | law or laws, statute; inflection of lag: ##... |
| 3 | Old Norse | lǫg | fate; situation, the condition that one is given... |
| 4 | Old Norse | lág | a felled tree; log; lying tree |
| 5 | Old Norse | leggja | to lay, place, put; to make, build |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |