Where does “lauga” come from?

lauga (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic laug, from Old Norse laug, from Proto-Germanic laugō, from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- — to wash.

lauga (Icelandic): to bathe; indefinite genitive plural of laug

Definitions

  1. to bathe; indefinite genitive plural of laug

Ancestry of “lauga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandiclaugbath, pool; hot spring, warm spring, a naturally...
2Old Norselaugbath; hot spring; first-person singular past...
3Proto-Germaniclaugōbath, wash; soap, lye
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic laugō →Every word from Old Norse laug →
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