Where does “lyge” come from?

lyge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse ljúga, from Proto-Germanic leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

lyge (Norwegian Bokmål): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “lyge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseljúgato lie, to tell lies
2Proto-Germanicleuganąto lie, to tell a falsehood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic leuganą →Every word from Old Norse ljúga →
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