Where does “ligjent” come from?

ligjent (Plautdietsch) comes 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.

ligjent (Plautdietsch): lying down

Definitions

  1. lying down

Ancestry of “ligjent”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ligjent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-
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