legh-

legh-
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-yā-.
4. Lengthened-grade form *lēgh-. low1, from Old Norse lāgr, low, from Germanic *lēgaz, “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 lāga, act of laying. a-d all from Germanic *lagam.
7. lagan, from Old Norse lögn, dragnet (< “that which is laid down”), from Germanic *lag-īnō-.
8. 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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