Old Norse lag and lög reflect a reconstructed Germanic *lagam formation in the lay-family.
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lǫg / lög; lag
law; a laying, layer, order, or disposition
OPEN NODE 500 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic prehistory · laid down order*lagam
a laying down; what is fixed or set
OPEN NODE 501 ↗01
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A layer, laying, or ordered placement supplies the legal sense “what is laid down.”
No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.
American Heritage · UT LRC · Cleasby–Vigfusson
probable — Reference traditions vary in notation and inflectional detail.
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Cleasby–Vigfusson Old Norse Dictionary: laglag entries: layer; laying in order; law-related uses
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the attested Old Norse semantic family behind what is laid down.
Indo-European Lexicon: legh-legh- reflex list: Old Norse lag and lög; Germanic *lagam analysis
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the comparative Germanic route.
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