Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Arrangement or relationship; layout. · A share of the profits in a business. · The direction a rope is twisted. · A casual sexual partner.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. · To cause to subside or abate. · To compel a supernatural entity to cease haunting a place, often by ritual or prayer; to exorcise or banish (a spirit or ghost). · To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *logʰéyeti Proto-Germanic *lagjaną Proto-West Germanic *laggjan Old English leċġan Middle English leyen English lay Inherited from Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie, recline”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lay; to lie”), West Frisian lizze (“to lay, to lie”), Cimbrian leng (“to lay”), Dutch leggen (“to lay”), German legen (“to lay”), Limburgish lègke (“to lay”), Luxembourgish leeën (“to lay”), Yiddish לייגן (leygn, “to lay”), Danish lægge (“to lay”), Faroese, Icelandic leggja (“to lay”), Norwegian Bokmål legge (“to lay”), Norwegian Nynorsk legga, legge, leggja, leggje (“to lay”), Swedish lägga (“to lay”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan, “to lay”), Old French laier, laiier, laire (“to leave”), Albanian lag (“troop, band, war encampment”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionleyenenm
- Inherited-form mentionleċġanang · to lay
- Inherited-form mention*laggjangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*lagjanągem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*ligjanągem-pro · to lie, recline
- Derivation mention*legʰ-ine-pro · to lie, recline
- Cognate mentionlääsestq
- Cognate mentionlizzefy
- Cognate mentionlengcim
- Cognate mentionleggennl
- Cognate mentionlegende
- Cognate mentionlègkeli
- Cognate mentionleeënlb
- Cognate mentionלייגןyi
- Cognate mentionlæggeda
- Cognate mentionleggjais
- Cognate mentionleggenb
- Cognate mentionleggann
- Cognate mentionläggasv
- Cognate mention𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionlaierfro
- Cognate mentionlagsq
This page abbreviates 24 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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