lögn
Swedish
/lœŋn/
noun
Definitions
- a lie
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse ljúga (lie) derived from Old Saxon lugina (falsehood) derived from Proto-Germanic *lugīnō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lugīnō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- juge Norwegian Bokmål
- lyge Norwegian Bokmål
- *leuganą Proto-Germanic
- *luginō Proto-Germanic
- *lugīnō Proto-Germanic
- lögnare Swedish
- ljuga Norwegian Nynorsk
- lyge Norwegian Nynorsk
- ljúga Old Norse
- lyve Danish
- løgn Danish
- løgner Danish
- ljúga Icelandic
- lúgva Faroese
- lugina Old Saxon
- liugha Old Swedish
- liūgha, liugha Old Swedish
- ljuug Westrobothnian
- liughæ Old Danish
- ljuğa Scanian