laug
Icelandic
/løyːɣ/
noun
Definitions
- bath, pool
- hot spring, warm spring, a naturally warm pool with temperatures around 20-50°C
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse laug (promised, bath, pool, consecrated, hot spring) derived from Proto-Germanic *laugō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*laugō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *lewh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *laugō Proto-Germanic
- lēag Old English
- Gjaflaugr Old Norse
- laug Old Norse
- laugardagr Old Norse
- laugamaðra Icelandic
- laugasef Icelandic
- maðra Icelandic
- sef Icelandic
- sund Icelandic
- sundlaug Icelandic
- louga Old High German
- *lōga Old Dutch
- løgh Old Swedish
- løgh, lø̄gh Old Swedish