Proto-Germanic *lagojanan is a causative formation in the PIE *legh- lie-and-lay family.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0513inheritanceprobable
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*lagojanan
to cause to lie; to lay
OPEN NODE 552 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Indo-European · Indo-European prehistory*legh-
to lie, recline, lay, or set down
OPEN NODE 502 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
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A state of lying supplies a causative act of putting or setting down.
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Etymonline · UT LRC editors
probable — The comparative family is secure while the intermediate form is reconstructed.
reviewed
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Indo-European Lexicon: legh-Pokorny etymon legh- and English lay reflexes
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Independently situates lay in the lie-and-lay family.
Lay — Origin and historyHeadword history: *lagojanan from PIE *legh-
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the causative formation and deeper root.
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