Where does “lege” come from?

lege (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish læge, from Old Danish lægæ, from Old Norse lækna, from Proto-Germanic lēkinōną, from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lege (Norwegian Bokmål): a doctor; to heal, cure

Definitions

  1. a doctor; to heal, cure

Ancestry of “lege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishlægedoctor; physician; surgeon
2Old Danishlægæ—
3Old Norselækna—
4Proto-Germaniclēkinōnąto heal, to cure
5Proto-Germaniclēkijazdoctor, physician
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lege”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lēkijaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic lēkinōną →