Where does “ligge” come from?

ligge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ligge (Norwegian Bokmål): to lie; to be placed or situated

Definitions

  1. to lie; to be placed or situated

Ancestry of “ligge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseliggjato lie
2Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “ligge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Old Norse liggja →