Where does “juodligė” come from?

juodligė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian liga, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

juodligė (Lithuanian): anthrax

Definitions

  1. anthrax

Ancestry of “juodligė”, step by step

juodligė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian liga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianligaillness
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Lithuanian júodas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuanianjúodasblack
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Lithuanian liga →