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”

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