SOURCE 01supportshistorical dictionary
Lay — Origin and history
Publishes the starred intermediate form.
Headword history: Proto-Germanic *lagojanan- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Douglas Harper
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Online Etymology Dictionary
PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗CLAIM / COUNTERCLAIM / LIMITRECORD 166
DISPUTE
RECORD.
One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
openproposed
Is Proto-Germanic *lagojanan an attested form?
No. It is a reconstruction printed by Etymonline; comparative evidence supports the family, while exact notation and intermediate morphology remain analytical.
WORD UNDER REVIEWDISPUTE 166
lay
/leɪ/ · verb
To put, place, or set down; an inherited causative verb in the same deep lie-and-lay family that produced law.
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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
2 SOURCES WITH A STANCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
SOURCE 02contextresearch database
Indo-European Lexicon: legh-
Supplies the comparative family evidence.
legh- reflex list- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Linguistics Research Center Editors
- YEAR
- Not recorded
- PUBLISHER
- University of Texas at Austin
02 / EDITORIAL STATE
THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.
- CONFIDENCE
- proposed
- STATUS
- open
- LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
- Etymonline supplies the form and UT LRC supplies the comparative reflex set.
The asterisk and probable grade remain visible on the node and both adjacent edges.