låg
Swedish
/loːɡ/
adj
Definitions
- low; having a small height
- of low moral or ethics; such as a dirty trick
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish lāgher, lagher inherited from Old Norse lágr (low) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz (low, situated near the ground, flat, lying) derived 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
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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
- lav 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
- lågmäld Swedish
- lågtryck Swedish
- lågtyska Swedish
- medellågtyska Swedish
- mäld Swedish
- tryck Swedish
- tyska Swedish
- laga Norwegian Nynorsk
- lage Norwegian Nynorsk
- lagom Norwegian Nynorsk
- legd Norwegian Nynorsk
- legde Norwegian Nynorsk
- legging Norwegian Nynorsk
- låg Norwegian Nynorsk
- løye Norwegian Nynorsk
- liċġan Old English
- laghe Middle English
- lah Middle English
- leyer Middle English
- lowe Middle English
- aflagliga Old Norse
- auralag Old Norse
- banalag Old Norse
- laga Old Norse
- lagaskipan Old Norse
- leggja Old Norse
- lágr Old Norse
- læging Old Norse
- lægð Old Norse
- lǫgeyrir Old Norse
- lǫgrétta Old Norse
- lav Danish
- *leťi Proto-Slavic
- *ležati Proto-Slavic
- *logъ Proto-Slavic
- *lono Proto-Slavic
- *lǫgъ Proto-Slavic
- *perlogъ Proto-Slavic
- lágur Icelandic
- belagen Middle Dutch
- lágur Faroese
- *lāgi Old Dutch
- *legeti Proto-Celtic
- *lego- Proto-Celtic
- *legyom Proto-Celtic
- *legyā Proto-Celtic
- *logeyeti Proto-Celtic
- *uɸo-leg-s Proto-Celtic
- *lāgi Old Saxon
- lag Old Saxon
- lagher Old Swedish
- lāgher, lagher Old Swedish
- ложе Old East Slavic
- lēch Old Frisian
- *lag- Proto-Albanian
- *lēga Proto-Albanian
- *legtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- lesto Tocharian B
- lyäk- Tocharian B
- *liga Gaulish
- leeg West Flemish
- lower Scanian
- *liga xtg