Where does “אונטערלייגן” come from?

אונטערלייגן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish לייגן, from Middle High German legen, from Old High German legen, from Proto-West Germanic laggjan, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

אונטערלייגן (Yiddish): to underlay, to put under

Definitions

  1. to underlay, to put under

Ancestry of “אונטערלייגן”, step by step

אונטערלייגן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish לייגן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלייגןto put, lay; lay down
2Middle High Germanlegento lay, to put into a horizontal position
3Old High Germanlegen—
4Proto-West Germaniclaggjanto lay, to place
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Yiddish אונטער

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאונטערunder
2Old High Germanuntarunder
3Proto-Germanicunderamong, between; under, beneath; under
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “אונטערלייגן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic laggjan →