Where does “lyġe” come from?

lyġe (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *lugi, from Proto-Germanic lugiz, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

lyġe (Old English): lie, falsehood

Definitions

  1. lie, falsehood

Ancestry of “lyġe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lugifalse, lying
2Proto-Germaniclugizlie, falsehood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “lyġe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lugiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lugi →