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Westrobothnian
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) calf; the back side of the lower part of the leg.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse leggr (bone, stalk, leg, bone of the arm leg, calf, hollow tube, lower leg) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (thigh, leg) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(ǝ)lak-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *(H)lak- Proto-Indo-European
- *(ǝ)lak- Proto-Indo-European
- legg Norwegian Bokmål
- *lagjaz Proto-Germanic
- legg Norwegian Nynorsk
- leg Middle English
- leggr Old Norse
- þjóleggr Old Norse
- læg Danish
- leggur Icelandic
- leggur Faroese
- leqe Albanian
- lægger Old Swedish
- stain Westrobothnian
- stainlägg Westrobothnian
- لگ Bakhtiari