leggen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to lay (down), to place
- to lay (eggs)
- to build, to make
- to station (armies)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch leggen inherited from *laggjan (place) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (lay, place).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lagjaną
Gloss
lay, place
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aanleggen Dutch, Flemish
- afleggen Dutch, Flemish
- beleggen Dutch, Flemish
- blootleggen Dutch, Flemish
- droogleggen Dutch, Flemish
- legboor Dutch, Flemish
- leggen Dutch, Flemish
- legger Dutch, Flemish
- legging Dutch, Flemish
- leghen Dutch, Flemish
- legkip Dutch, Flemish
- neerleggen Dutch, Flemish
- omleggen Dutch, Flemish
- onderlegger Dutch, Flemish
- overleggen Dutch, Flemish
- uitleggen Dutch, Flemish
- voorleggen Dutch, Flemish
- weerleggen Dutch, Flemish
- wegleggen Dutch, Flemish
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *laibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *ligjaną Proto-Germanic
- lecgan Old English
- leċġan Old English
- leggja Old Norse
- legen Old High German
- leggen Old High German
- lê Afrikaans
- 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *laggjan gmw-pro
- leggen Old Dutch
- *laittadak Proto-Finnic
- leggian Old Saxon
- ledza Old Frisian
- lidza Old Frisian
- lègke Limburgan, Limburger, Limburgish