释义 |
legh- To lie, lay. Derivatives include ledge, lair, beleaguer, lees, law, and fellow.- Suffixed form *legh-yo‑.
- lie1, from Old English licgan, to lie, from Germanic *ligjan;
- lay1, ledge, ledger, from Old English lecgan, to lay;
- belay, from Old English belecgan, to cover, surround (be‑, over; see ambhi). Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic *lagjan.
- Suffixed form *legh-ro‑.
- lair, from Old English leger, lair;
- leaguer1; beleaguer, from Middle Dutch leger, lair, camp;
- laager, lager; Lagerstätte, stalag, from Old High German legar, bed, lair. a-c all from Germanic *legraz.
- lees, from Medieval Latin lia, sediment, from Celtic *leg-yā‑.
- Lengthened-grade form *lēgh‑. low1, from Old Norse lāgr, low, from Germanic *lēgaz, "lying flat," low.
- Suffixed form *legh-to‑. coverlet, litter; wagon-lit, from Latin lectus, bed.
- Suffixed o-grade form *logh-o‑.
- law; bylaw, Danelaw, from Old Norse *lagu, lag‑, law, "that which is set down";
- fellow, from Old Norse lag, a laying down;
- outlaw, from Old Norse lög, law;
- anlage, vorlage, from Old High German lāga, act of laying. a-d all from Germanic *lagam.
- lagan, from Old Norse lögn, dragnet (< "that which is laid down"), from Germanic *lag-īnō‑.
- Suffixed o-grade form *logh-o‑. lochia, from Greek lokhos, childbirth, place for lying in wait.
[Pokorny legh‑ 658, 2. lēg̑h‑ 660.] |
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