Where does “léien” come from?

léien (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from Old High German liggen, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

léien (Luxembourgish): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “léien”, step by step

léien traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German ligen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanligento lie, to be in a horizontal position
2Old High Germanligen—
3Old High Germanliggen—
4Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
5Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Middle High German liegen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanliegento lie, to say something untrue
2Old High Germanliogan—
3Proto-West Germanicleuganto lie, to tell a falsehood
4Proto-Germanicleuganąto lie, to tell a falsehood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “léien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic liggjan →