Where does “ligen” come from?

ligen (Old High German) comes from Old High German liggen, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

Ancestry of “ligen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanliggen—
2Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
3Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “ligen”

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