Where does “liggen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “liggen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonliggianto lie; to be situated
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- →