Where does “lege” come from?
lege (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Bokmål lege, 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 Nynorsk): doctor; the act of lying; a place where something...
Definitions
- doctor; the act of lying; a place where something...
Ancestry of “lege”, step by step
lege traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål lege
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | lege | a doctor; to heal, cure |
| 2 | Danish | læge | doctor; physician; surgeon |
| 3 | Old Danish | lægæ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | lækna | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lēkinōną | to heal, to cure |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lēkijaz | doctor, physician |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |