Where does “ligan” come from?

ligan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

Ancestry of “ligan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “ligan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →