lieg
Afrikaans
/liχ/
verb
Definitions
- to lie to tell a mistruth
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish liegen (lie) inherited from Middle Dutch liegen inherited from Old Dutch liegan inherited from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (lie) derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewgʰ- (swear, tell a lie, tell lies, bemoan, complain, lie).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lewgʰ-
Gloss
swear, tell a lie, tell lies, bemoan, complain, lie
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afliegen Dutch, Flemish
- beliegen Dutch, Flemish
- liegbeest Dutch, Flemish
- liegen Dutch, Flemish
- lieger Dutch, Flemish
- voorliegen Dutch, Flemish
- *lewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leuganą Proto-Germanic
- *luginō Proto-Germanic
- ljúga Old Norse
- *lъgati Proto-Slavic
- liegen Middle Dutch
- liogan Old High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *leugan gmw-pro
- liegan Old Dutch
- liāga Old Frisian