Where does “liogan” come from?

liogan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic leugan, from Proto-Germanic leuganą, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

liogan (Old Saxon): to lie, deceive

Definitions

  1. to lie, deceive

Ancestry of “liogan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicleuganto lie, to tell a falsehood
2Proto-Germanicleuganąto lie, to tell a falsehood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “liogan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic leuganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic leugan →
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