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Where does “*luginu” come from?

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

Ancestry of “*luginu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicluginōlie, falsehood
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlewgʰ-to lie, to tell falsehood
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