Where does “lai” come from?

lai (Maroon Spirit Language) comes from English lie, from Middle English lie, from Old English lyġe, from Proto-West Germanic *lugi, from Proto-Germanic lugiz, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

lai (Maroon Spirit Language): lie

Definitions

  1. lie

Ancestry of “lai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlieTo rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To...
2Middle Englishlie—
3Old Englishlyġelie, falsehood
4Proto-West Germanic*lugifalse, lying
5Proto-Germaniclugizlie, falsehood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lugiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lugi →