lög
Icelandic
/lœːɣ/
noun
Definitions
- law or laws, statute
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse lǫg (law, laws, things laid down fixed, the things that are laid down) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagą (that which is laid down, something laid, law).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lagą
Gloss
that which is laid down, something laid, law
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BigLaw English
- Eurolaw English
- Westlaw English
- Zipf's law English
- astrolaw English
- brethren-in-law English
- cyberlaw English
- e-law English
- law English
- law enforcement English
- lawbook English
- lawbot English
- lawbreaker English
- lawbreaking English
- lawcode English
- lawful English
- lawgiver English
- lawgiving English
- lawing English
- lawless English
- lawlike English
- lawly English
- lawmaker English
- lawmaking English
- lawman English
- lawmonger English
- lawsome English
- lawspeaker English
- lawsuit English
- lawyer English
- metalaw English
- neurolaw English
- nonlaw English
- outlaw English
- powerlaw English
- prelaw English
- pseudolaw English
- scofflaw English
- sublaw English
- unlaw English
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *lagą Proto-Germanic
- lov Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagu Old English
- lawe Middle English
- lag Old Norse
- lagaskipan Old Norse
- lǫg Old Norse
- lǫgeyrir Old Norse
- lǫgrétta Old Norse
- lov Danish
- gjöf Icelandic
- lögfræði Icelandic
- lögfræðingur Icelandic
- löggjöf Icelandic
- lögregla Icelandic
- lögreglubíll Icelandic
- lögreglukona Icelandic
- lögreglumaður Icelandic
- lögregluríki Icelandic
- lögregluskóli Icelandic
- lögreglustjóri Icelandic
- lögreglustöð Icelandic
- lögregluumdæmi Icelandic
- lögregluþjónn Icelandic
- regla Icelandic
- lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- løg- Faroese
- *lako Proto-Finnic
- lagh Old Swedish
- lo Tok Pisin
- logh Old Danish