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Where does “liggjan” come from?

liggjan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

liggjan (Proto-West Germanic): to lie, to rest

Definitions

  1. to lie, to rest

Ancestry of “liggjan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “liggjan”

  • lie
  • lying
  • lain
  • outlying
  • overlying
  • outlier
  • belie
  • overlain
  • liest
  • belying
  • overlie
  • lig
  • lyingly
  • inlying
  • outlie
  • unlying
  • uplying
  • beliest
  • belieth
  • outlierness
  • downlying
  • outlyingness
  • nonlying
  • nonoutlier
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