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Where does “lagu” come from?

lagu (Old English) comes from Old Norse lǫg, from Old Norse lág, from Old Norse leggja, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

lagu (Old English): sea, water, lake; the runic character ᛚ; law,...

Definitions

  1. sea, water, lake; the runic character ᛚ; law,...

Ancestry of “lagu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselǫgfate; situation, the condition that one is given...
2Old Norselága felled tree; log; lying tree
3Old Norseleggjato lay, place, put; to make, build
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “lagu”

  • law
  • lawyer
  • lawful
  • unlawful
  • lawsuit
  • lawless
  • lawfully
  • lawlessness
  • unlawfully
  • lawgiver
  • lawmaking
  • lawfulness
  • unlawfulness
  • nonlawyer
  • lawbreaking
  • lawyerly
  • lawbreaker
  • Danelaw
  • lawlike
  • lawlessly
  • lawgiving
  • prelaw
  • lawbook
  • powerlaw
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