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Where does “liggja” come from?

liggja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

liggja (Old Norse): to lie

Definitions

  1. to lie

Ancestry of “liggja”, step by step

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

Words derived from “liggja”

  • lie
  • lying
  • lain
  • outlying
  • overlying
  • outlier
  • overlain
  • liest
  • overlie
  • lig
  • lyingly
  • inlying
  • outlie
  • unlying
  • uplying
  • outlierness
  • downlying
  • outlyingness
  • nonoutlier
  • nonlying
  • nonoutlying
  • forelie
  • superlie
  • ライ
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