Where does “Lo” come from?

Lo (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German lāga, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

Lo (Luxembourgish): layer

Definitions

  1. layer

Ancestry of “Lo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlāga—
2Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
3Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic liggjan →
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