lier
French
verb
Definitions
- to link
- to associate
- (cooking) to thicken
Etymology
Inherited from Old French lier (bind) inherited from Latin ligāre (tie) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (bind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyǵ-
Gloss
bind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- liaise English
- liaison English
- *ligināre Latin
- ligo Latin
- ligāmentum Latin
- ligāre Latin
- ligātiō Latin
- ligātiōnem, ligātiō Latin
- ligō Latin
- religo, religāre, religō Latin
- Liaison German
- liieren German
- legare Italian
- liaison French
- liement French
- relier French
- liar Spanish, Castilian
- ligar Spanish, Castilian
- *leyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- desligar Portuguese
- liga Portuguese
- ligar Portuguese
- リエゾン Japanese
- deslier Old French
- liage Old French
- lier Old French
- lligar Catalan, Valencian
- lega Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- legar Old Portuguese
- ligar Occitan
- leâ Friulian
- legar Old Spanish
- łigar Venetian
- *līdza Proto-Albanian
- ligur Dalmatian