Where does “soffliggare” come from?

soffliggare (Swedish) comes from Swedish ligga, from Old Swedish liggia, from Old Norse liggja, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

soffliggare (Swedish): an extra-ordinarily lazy person, who spends all...

Definitions

  1. an extra-ordinarily lazy person, who spends all...

Ancestry of “soffliggare”, step by step

soffliggare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish ligga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishliggalie; be in a horizontal position; lie; to be...
2Old Swedishliggiato lie down; to lie buried; to be situated
3Old Norseliggjato lie
4Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Swedish soffa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsoffaa couch, a sofa
2EnglishsofaA raised area of a building's floor, usually...
3Frenchsofacouch; sofa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Old Norse liggja →