Where does “lår” come from?
lår (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse lær, from Proto-Germanic lahwaz, from Proto-Indo-European logʷʰ-es-.
lår (Norwegian Nynorsk): a thigh
Ancestry of “lår”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | lær | thigh |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | lahwaz | thigh |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | logʷʰ-es- | — |