Where does “lagg” come from?

lagg (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic lawwd, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

lagg (Old Norse): barrel stave, split piece of wood

Definitions

  1. barrel stave, split piece of wood

Ancestry of “lagg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclawwd
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “lagg

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH-Every word from Proto-Germanic lawwd
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