Where does “lig” come from?

lig (Turkish) comes from French ligue, from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from Italian legare, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

lig (Turkish): league

Definitions

  1. league

Ancestry of “lig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchligueleague; inflection of liguer: ##...
2Middle Frenchligue
3Italianlegaleague, gang
4Italianlegareto bind or tie; to unite; to connect
5Latinligōhoe, mattock
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “lig

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ-