Where does “leg” come from?

leg (Romanian) comes from Romanian lega, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

leg (Romanian): first-person singular present indicative of lega;...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lega;...

Ancestry of “leg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlegato tie, to bind, to connect
2Latinligōhoe, mattock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Romanian lega →