Where does “lægger” come from?

lægger (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse leggr, from Proto-Germanic lagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European (ǝ)lak-.

lægger (Old Swedish): leg; rootstock

Definitions

  1. leg; rootstock

Ancestry of “lægger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseleggrleg, stem
2Proto-Germaniclagjazleg, thigh
3Proto-Indo-European(ǝ)lak-—

Words derived from “lægger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (ǝ)lak- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaz →Every word from Old Norse leggr →