leg
Danish
[ˈlɑjˀ]
noun
Definitions
- play, game
- (zoology) spawning (fish)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse leikr (battle, play, lay, -ness) inherited from Proto-Germanic *laikaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laikaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- laik English
- λαϊκός Ancient Greek
- *leyg- Proto-Indo-European
- lek Norwegian Bokmål
- *laikaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiką Proto-Germanic
- lek Swedish
- lek Norwegian Nynorsk
- lac Old English
- lāc Old English
- barnaleikr Old Norse
- barnleikr Old Norse
- dansleikr Old Norse
- hildileikr Old Norse
- hjǫrleikr Old Norse
- hǫrpuleikr Old Norse
- kappleikr Old Norse
- knattleikr Old Norse
- leikligr Old Norse
- leikr Old Norse
- áleikr Old Norse
- ísarnleikr Old Norse
- leikur Icelandic
- leih Old High German
- -leiki Faroese
- leikur Faroese
- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 Gothic
- *laih, *laik Frankish
- Tallak Norwegian
- Tollak Norwegian
- Torlak Norwegian
- Torleik Norwegian