Old English lecgan continues reconstructed Proto-Germanic *lagojanan with West Germanic sound development.
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lecgan
to lay, put, place, or set down
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic prehistory · causative set down*lagojanan
to cause to lie; to lay
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To cause something to lie yields the transitive verb to lay or set down.
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Etymonline · UT LRC editors
probable — The Proto-Germanic form and exact phonological sequence are reconstructed.
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Indo-European Lexicon: legh-legh- reflex list: Old English lecgan and Middle English leggen / leyen
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies comparative support for the English stages.
Lay — Origin and historyHeadword history: Proto-Germanic *lagojanan
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the reconstructed Germanic stage.
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