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
Ancestry of “lai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lie | To rest in a horizontal position on a surface; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | lie | — |
| 3 | Old English | lyġe | lie, falsehood |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *lugi | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lugiz | lie, falsehood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewgʰ- | to lie, to tell falsehood |