Where does “ליגנער” come from?

ליגנער (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ליגן, from Middle High German ligen, from Old High German ligen, from Old High German liggen, from Proto-West Germanic liggjan, from Proto-Germanic ligjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ליגנער (Yiddish): liar

Definitions

  1. liar

Ancestry of “ליגנער”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishליגןto lie; to lie, to be located, to be; lie
2Middle High Germanligento lie, to be in a horizontal position
3Old High Germanligen—
4Old High Germanliggen—
5Proto-West Germanicliggjanto lie, to rest
6Proto-Germanicligjanąto lie, to rest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ligjaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic liggjan →