Where does “lygen” come from?

lygen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *lugin, from Proto-Germanic *luginaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

lygen (Old English): lie, falsehood

Definitions

  1. lie, falsehood

Ancestry of “lygen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lugin—
2Proto-Germanic*luginaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *luginaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lugin →