Proto-Germanic *lagam reflects an o-grade formation in the PIE *legh- “lie, lay” family.
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*lagam
a laying down; what is fixed or set
OPEN NODE 501 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Indo-European prehistory*legh-
to lie, recline, lay, or set down
OPEN NODE 502 ↗01
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The concrete act of laying becomes an established order and law.
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American Heritage · UT LRC · Etymonline editors
probable — The broad comparative family is secure; exact intermediate morphology is reconstructed.
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Law — Origin and historyHeadword history: Proto-Germanic *lagam from PIE *legh-
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the reconstructed transition.
Indo-European Lexicon: legh-Pokorny etymon legh- and Germanic reflexes
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently situates law and lay reflexes under the lie-and-lay root.
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