Where does “liggja” come from?

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

liggja (Norwegian Nynorsk): to lie (to be in a horizontal position.)

Definitions

  1. to lie (to be in a horizontal position.)

Ancestry of “liggja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseliggjato lie
2Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Old Norse liggja →