Where does “liggen” come from?

liggen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch liggen, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

liggen (Middle Dutch): to lie, be lying horizontal; to lie, to have been...

Definitions

  1. to lie, be lying horizontal; to lie, to have been...

Ancestry of “liggen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchliggento lie; to be located
2Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
3Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “liggen”

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