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Where does “jooge” come from?

jooge (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian liāga, from Proto-West Germanic leugan, from Proto-Germanic leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

jooge (North Frisian): to tell a lie; to lie

Definitions

  1. to tell a lie; to lie

Ancestry of “jooge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianliāga—
2Proto-West Germanicleuganto lie, to tell a falsehood
3Proto-Germanicleuganąto lie, to tell a falsehood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
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