liege
English
/liːdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
- in full liege lord A king or lord.
- The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English liege derived from Old French liege (liege, free) derived from Middle High German ledic derived from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz (unoccupied, flexible, free).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*liþugaz
Gloss
unoccupied, flexible, free
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- league English
- liegedom English
- liegeful English
- liegeless English
- liegeman English
- liegewoman English
- ligeance English
- woman English
- leuca Latin
- erledigen German
- ledig German
- ledig Dutch, Flemish
- luchtledig Dutch, Flemish
- ledig Norwegian Bokmål
- *liþugaz Proto-Germanic
- ledig Swedish
- ledig Norwegian Nynorsk
- liþig Old English
- liþiġ Old English
- lege man Middle English
- lethi Middle English
- liege Middle English
- ligeaunce Middle English
- liðugr Old Norse
- liege Old French
- liðugur Icelandic
- ledich Middle Dutch
- *lidig Old High German
- liðugur Faroese
- ledec Middle High German
- ledic Middle High German
- lëdic, lëdec Middle High German
- ligue Middle French
- *lithag Old Dutch
- *lithig Old Dutch