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Where does “lōg” come from?

lōg (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic lōgą, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

Ancestry of “lōg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclōgąa place, position, camp
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “lōg”

  • loh
  • logian
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