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Where does “lugina” come from?

lugina (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *luginu, from Proto-Germanic luginō, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

Ancestry of “lugina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*luginu—
2Proto-Germanicluginōlie, falsehood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “lugina”

  • leugen
  • leugenliteratuur
  • logene
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