NODE / 0552reconstructedProto-Germanic

*lagojanan

to cause to lie; to lay

DATE: Proto-Germanic prehistory
SENSE: causative set down
FAMILY: Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY: node:5:lagojanan:reconstructed:sense:causative-set-down

The exact notation follows Etymonline and remains reconstructed.

This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.

ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

GO DEEPERinheritanceprobable

Proto-Indo-European · Indo-European prehistory

*legh-

to lie, recline, lay, or set down

SOUND: Proto-Germanic *lagojanan is a causative formation in the PIE *legh- lie-and-lay family.
MEANING: A state of lying supplies a causative act of putting or setting down.
SCHOLAR: Etymonline · UT LRC editors
CONFIDENCE: probable — The comparative family is secure while the intermediate form is reconstructed.

Indo-European Lexicon: legh-supportsPokorny etymon legh- and English lay reflexes

Independently situates lay in the lie-and-lay family.

ORIGINAL ↗

Lay — Origin and historysupportsHeadword history: *lagojanan from PIE *legh-

Publishes the causative formation and deeper root.

ORIGINAL ↗

OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 513 ↗

DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

DESCENDANTinheritanceprobable

Old English · Old English · set down verb

lecgan

to lay, put, place, or set down

SOUND: Old English lecgan continues reconstructed Proto-Germanic *lagojanan with West Germanic sound development.
MEANING: To cause something to lie yields the transitive verb to lay or set down.
SCHOLAR: Etymonline · UT LRC editors
CONFIDENCE: probable — The Proto-Germanic form and exact phonological sequence are reconstructed.

Indo-European Lexicon: legh-supportslegh- reflex list: Old English lecgan and Middle English leggen / leyen

Supplies comparative support for the English stages.

ORIGINAL ↗

Lay — Origin and historysupportsHeadword history: Proto-Germanic *lagojanan

Publishes the reconstructed Germanic stage.

ORIGINAL ↗

OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 512 ↗

TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 3
REVIEWED EDGES: 3
DEEPEST PATH: 3
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

lay3 connected nodes

HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01inheritanceprobable

Proto-Germanic*lagojanan→Old English · Old Englishlecganto lay, put, place, or set down

SOUND: Old English lecgan continues reconstructed Proto-Germanic *lagojanan with West Germanic sound development.
MEANING: To cause something to lie yields the transitive verb to lay or set down.

Etymonline · UT LRC editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 512 ↗

Indo-European Lexicon: legh- · legh- reflex list: Old English lecgan and Middle English leggen / leyen ↗Lay — Origin and history · Headword history: Proto-Germanic *lagojanan ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

STEP 02inheritanceestablished

Old Englishlecgan→Middle English · Middle Englishleggen / leyento put, place, or set down

SOUND: Old English lecgan continues into Middle English with palatal and spelling developments represented by leggen and leyen.
MEANING: The causative set-down meaning remains stable.

Merriam-Webster · Etymonline · American Heritage editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 511 ↗

Lay — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History: Old English lecgan ↗American Heritage Dictionary: lay · Etymology: Old English lecgan ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE

STEP 03historical continuationestablished

Middle Englishleggen / leyen→Present-Day English · Middle English continuation–todaylayto put, place, or set down

SOUND: Middle English leggen / leyen stabilizes as lay while pronunciation and spelling converge on the modern form.
MEANING: Putting or setting down remains central while many constructions and figurative uses develop.

Merriam-Webster · Etymonline · American Heritage editors3 CITATIONSEDGE 510 ↗

Lay — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History and verb senses ↗Lay — Origin and history · Headword history: Middle English leien ↗American Heritage Dictionary: lay · Word History: Middle English leien ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.

EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

04lay*lagojanan · established