Where does “lagstiftning” come from?

lagstiftning (Swedish) comes from Swedish lagstifta, from Swedish låg, from Old Swedish lāgher, from Old Norse lágr, from German lager, from Middle High German leger, from Old High German legar, from Old Norse legr — to lie.

lagstiftning (Swedish): legislation, the resulting laws; legislation, the...

Definitions

  1. legislation, the resulting laws; legislation, the...

Ancestry of “lagstiftning”, step by step

lagstiftning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish lagstifta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishlagstiftato legislate
2Swedishlåglow; having a small height; of low moral or...
3Old Swedishlāgherlow
4Old Norselágrlow; short
5Germanlagerfirst-person singular present of lagern; singular...
6Middle High Germanleger
7Old High Germanlegar
8Old Norselegr
9Proto-Germaniclegrąa lying, a place where one lies; camp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Swedish ning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic legrąEvery word from Old Norse legr