leje
Danish
/lajə/
noun
Definitions
- bed, bedding anything that someone lies on
- lair, den, form, seat
- bearing
- berth space for a ship to moor
- fishing hamlet
- pitch, range
- presentation position of the foetus in the uterus at birth
Etymology
Inherited from Old Danish leghæ derived from Old Norse lega (lying in bed) inherited from Proto-Germanic *legǭ derived from Old Norse lægi (anchorage) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lēgiją, *ligjaną (lie, recline).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*ligjaną
Gloss
lie, recline
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *légʰyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *legǭ Proto-Germanic
- *ligjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēgiją Proto-Germanic
- liċġan Old English
- lega Old Norse
- leiga Old Norse
- liggja Old Norse
- lægi Old Norse
- hus Danish
- husleje Danish
- samleje Danish
- ligan Old High German
- ligen Old High German
- 𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *liggjan gmw-pro
- liggen Old Dutch
- liggian Old Saxon
- lidza Old Frisian
- lidzia Old Frisian
- leghæ Old Danish