Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To cut trees into logs. · To cut down (trees). · To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood.
The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches. · Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc. · A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree. · Any cylinder; anything shaped like a tree log, particularly
From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.
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