Where does “haulfligjent” come from?

haulfligjent (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch ligjent, from Plautdietsch ligjen, from Middle Low German liggen, from Old Saxon liggian, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

haulfligjent (Plautdietsch): reclining, semirecumbent

Definitions

  1. reclining, semirecumbent

Ancestry of “haulfligjent”, step by step

haulfligjent traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch ligjent

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschligjentlying down
2Plautdietschligjento lie extend horizontally
3Middle Low Germanliggen
4Old Saxonliggianto lie; to be situated
5Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
6Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Plautdietsch haulf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plautdietschhaulf
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-