ljuğa
Scanian
[jø̀ʉːa]
verb
Definitions
- to lie (tell an untruth)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse ljúga (lie) inherited from Proto-Germanic *leuganą (lie).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*leuganą
Gloss
lie
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
- *lewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- juge Norwegian Bokmål
- lyge Norwegian Bokmål
- *leuganą Proto-Germanic
- lögn Swedish
- ljuga Norwegian Nynorsk
- lyge Norwegian Nynorsk
- ljúga Old Norse
- lyve Danish
- ljúga Icelandic
- liogan Old High German
- lúgva Faroese
- 𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *leugan gmw-pro
- liegan Old Dutch
- lugina Old Saxon
- liugha Old Swedish
- liūgha, liugha Old Swedish
- ljuug Westrobothnian
- liāga Old Frisian
- liughæ Old Danish