Where does “*lugin” come from?

*lugin (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic *luginaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- — to lie, to tell falsehood.

Ancestry of “*lugin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*luginaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood

Words derived from “*lugin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *luginaz →
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