leggur
Icelandic
/ˈlɛkːʏr/
noun
Definitions
- leg, shank
- stalk
- bone
- (graph theory) edge
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 *(H)lak-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(H)lak-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airleg English
- blackleg English
- bootleg English
- bowleg English
- boyleg English
- deadleg English
- dogleg English
- foreleg English
- gateleg English
- highleg English
- hogleg English
- interleg English
- leg English
- leg day English
- leg press English
- legbone English
- legcuff English
- legful English
- legged English
- leggie English
- legging English
- leggish English
- leggy English
- leghold English
- leghole English
- legless English
- leglet English
- leglike English
- leglock English
- legman English
- legplate English
- legpuller English
- legroom English
- legshow English
- legside English
- legspan English
- legwear English
- legwork English
- midleg English
- multileg English
- pantleg English
- proleg English
- propleg English
- puffleg English
- redleg English
- rough-legged buzzard English
- roughleg English
- underleg English
- *(H)lak- Proto-Indo-European
- *(ǝ)lak- Proto-Indo-European
- legg Norwegian Bokmål
- *lagjaz Proto-Germanic
- lägg Swedish
- underlägg Swedish
- レガース Japanese
- legg Norwegian Nynorsk
- leg Middle English
- leggr Old Norse
- þjóleggr Old Norse
- læg Danish
- fótleggur Icelandic
- fótur Icelandic
- handleggur Icelandic
- hönd Icelandic
- læri Icelandic
- lærleggur Icelandic
- leggur Faroese
- leqe Albanian
- lægger Old Swedish
- lägg Westrobothnian
- lek Tok Pisin
- leg Torres Strait Creole
- lek Samoan Plantation Pidgin