lag

Danish

/laːˀɣ/

noun
Definitions
  • layer, coat a coherent mass spread on the top or on the outside of something else
  • (sociology) class, stratum class of society with similar status
  • (geology) stratum layer of sedimentary rock

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse lag (fellowship, place, layer, stratum, companionship, thrust, stab, etc, standard, cohabitation, due place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagą (that which is laid down, something laid, law).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*lagą

Gloss

that which is laid down, something laid, law

Concept
Semantic Field

Law

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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