Where does “løgn” come from?

løgn (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish løgn, from Old Saxon lugina, from Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from Proto-Germanic luginō, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

løgn (Norwegian Bokmål): a lie

Definitions

  1. a lie

Ancestry of “løgn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishløgnlie
2Old Saxonluginafalsehood
3Proto-West Germanic*luginulie, falsehood
4Proto-Germanicluginōlie, falsehood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “løgn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic luginō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *luginu →