Where does “ligen” come from?

ligen (Middle High German) comes 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.

ligen (Middle High German): to lie, to be in a horizontal position

Definitions

  1. to lie, to be in a horizontal position

Ancestry of “ligen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanligen—
2Old High Germanliggen—
3Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
4Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “ligen”

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