Where does “ljøt” come from?

ljøt (Jamtish) comes from Old Norse Ljótr, from Proto-Germanic leutaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewd- — to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch...

ljøt (Jamtish): unsightly, deformed

Definitions

  1. unsightly, deformed

Ancestry of “ljøt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseLjótrugly
2Proto-Germanicleutazdeceitful, deceptive
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewd-to duck; feign; be low; be small; to cower, hunch...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic leutaz →Every word from Old Norse Ljótr →
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