legh- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	legh-
DEFINITION:	To lie, lay. Derivatives include ledge, lair, beleaguer, lees, law, and fellow. 1. Suffixed form legh-yo-. a. lie¹, from Old English licgan,* to lie, from Germanic ligjan; b. (i)* lay¹, ledge, ledger, from Old English lecgan, to lay; (ii) belay, from Old English belecgan, to cover, surround (be-, over; see ambhi). Both (i) and (ii) from Germanic lagjan. 2. Suffixed form legh-ro-. a. lair, from Old English leger, lair; b. leaguer¹; beleaguer, from Middle Dutch leger, lair, camp; c. laager, lager; stalag, from Old High German legar, bed, lair. a–c all from Germanic legraz. 3. lees, from Medieval Latin lia,* sediment, from Celtic leg-y-. 4. Lengthened-grade form lgh-. low¹, from Old Norse lgr, low, from Germanic lgaz, “lying flat,” low. 5. Suffixed form legh-to-. coverlet, litter; wagon-lit, from Latin lectus, bed. 6. Suffixed o-grade form logh-o-. a. law; bylaw, Danelaw, from Old Norse lagu, lag-, law, “that which is set down”; b. fellow, from Old Norse lag, a laying down; c. outlaw, from Old Norse lög, law; d. anlage, vorlage, from Old High German lga, act of laying. a–d all from Germanic lagam. 7. lagan, from Old Norse lögn,* dragnet (< “that which is laid down”), from Germanic lag-n-. 8. Suffixed o-grade form logh-o-. lochia, from Greek lokhos, childbirth, place for lying in wait. (Pokorny legh- 658, 2. lh- 660.)


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