legga
Norwegian Nynorsk
verb-comireg
Definitions
- to lay, put, place,
- to build, make.
- to spread out.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse leggja (lay, place, put) root from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*legʰ-
Gloss
lie, lie down, lay, be situated, recline, resting place, put down
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lectus Latin
- Lager German
- Lagerbier German
- λέχομαι Ancient Greek
- λόχος Ancient Greek
- παραλέχομαι Ancient Greek
- *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *logʰeye- Proto-Indo-European
- legge Norwegian Bokmål
- *abalagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lagjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lagą Proto-Germanic
- *legrą Proto-Germanic
- *ligjaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēgaz Proto-Germanic
- *lēgiþō Proto-Germanic
- *lōgą Proto-Germanic
- laga Norwegian Nynorsk
- lage Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagom Norwegian Nynorsk
- legd Norwegian Nynorsk
- legde Norwegian Nynorsk
- legge Norwegian Nynorsk
- legging Norwegian Nynorsk
- leggja Norwegian Nynorsk
- leggje Norwegian Nynorsk
- løye Norwegian Nynorsk
- liċġan Old English
- leyer Middle English
- aflagliga Old Norse
- afleggja Old Norse
- auralag Old Norse
- banalag Old Norse
- laga Old Norse
- lagaskipan Old Norse
- leggja Old Norse
- læging Old Norse
- lǫgeyrir Old Norse
- lǫgrétta Old Norse
- lægge Danish
- *leťi Proto-Slavic
- *ležati Proto-Slavic
- *logъ Proto-Slavic
- *lono Proto-Slavic
- *lǫgъ Proto-Slavic
- *perlogъ Proto-Slavic
- leggja Icelandic
- belagen Middle Dutch
- lecaid Old Irish
- leggja Faroese
- *legeti Proto-Celtic
- *lego- Proto-Celtic
- *legyom Proto-Celtic
- *legyā Proto-Celtic
- *logeyeti Proto-Celtic
- *uɸo-leg-s Proto-Celtic
- læggia Old Swedish
- ложе Old East Slavic
- *lag- Proto-Albanian
- *lēga Proto-Albanian
- *legtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- lesto Tocharian B
- lyäk- Tocharian B
- *liga Gaulish
- *liga xtg