lecgan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to put or place
- to bury (a person)
- to lay (an egg)
Etymology
Inherited from *laggjan (place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (lay, place) derived from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*legʰ-
Gloss
lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lectus Latin
- Lager German
- Lagerbier German
- λέχομαι Ancient Greek
- λόχος Ancient Greek
- παραλέχομαι Ancient Greek
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- *logʰeye- Proto-Indo-European
- legge Norwegian Bokmål
- *abalagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lagą Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *legrą Proto-Germanic
- *ligjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēgaz Proto-Germanic
- *lēgiþō Proto-Germanic
- *lōgą Proto-Germanic
- laga Norwegian Nynorsk
- lage Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagom Norwegian Nynorsk
- legd Norwegian Nynorsk
- legde Norwegian Nynorsk
- legga Norwegian Nynorsk
- legge Norwegian Nynorsk
- legging Norwegian Nynorsk
- leggja Norwegian Nynorsk
- leggje Norwegian Nynorsk
- løye Norwegian Nynorsk
- forlicgan Old English
- leċġan Old English
- licgan Old English
- liċġan Old English
- oflecgan Old English
- leyer Middle English
- liggen Middle English
- aflagliga Old Norse
- afleggja Old Norse
- auralag Old Norse
- banalag Old Norse
- laga Old Norse
- lagaskipan Old Norse
- leggja Old Norse
- liggja Old Norse
- læging Old Norse
- lǫgeyrir Old Norse
- lǫgrétta Old Norse
- lægge Danish
- *leťi Proto-Slavic
- *ležati Proto-Slavic
- *logъ Proto-Slavic
- *lono Proto-Slavic
- *lǫgъ Proto-Slavic
- *perlogъ Proto-Slavic
- leggja Icelandic
- belagen Middle Dutch
- leggen Middle Dutch
- legen Old High German
- leggen Old High German
- lecaid Old Irish
- leggja Faroese
- legen Middle High German
- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍄𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌰𐍆𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *laggjan gmw-pro
- *liggjan gmw-pro
- leggen Old Dutch
- *laittadak Proto-Finnic
- *legeti Proto-Celtic
- *lego- Proto-Celtic
- *legyom Proto-Celtic
- *legyā Proto-Celtic
- *logeyeti Proto-Celtic
- *uɸo-leg-s Proto-Celtic
- leggen Middle Low German
- bileggian Old Saxon
- leggian Old Saxon
- læggia Old Swedish
- ложе Old East Slavic
- ledza Old Frisian
- lidza Old Frisian
- *lag- Proto-Albanian
- *lēga Proto-Albanian
- *legtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- läje Central Franconian
- lesto Tocharian B
- lyäk- Tocharian B
- *liga Gaulish
- *liga xtg