Etymograph

English

ligged

Ligged comes from Old Norse liggja ‘to lie’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*legʰ-1‘to lie’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ligjaną1‘to lie, to rest’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350liggja2‘to lie’
  4. Englishtodayligged2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old Norse liggja
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English ligged

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*legʰ-Wiktionary, Old Norse liggja‘to lie’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ligjanąWiktionary, Old Norse liggja‘to lie, to rest’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350liggjaWiktionary, English ligged‘to lie’
  4. EnglishtodayliggedWiktionary, English ligged

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

law, legal, college, fellow, lawyer, layer, legacy, loyal, colleague, delegation, delegate, lex, litter, collegiate, lawless, lair, lees, ledger, ledge, legate, leaguer, leal, collegium, underlay, lagan, lias, lig, 21 more

through Proto-Germanic *ligjaną ‘to lie, to rest’

low, lay, lie

through Old Norse liggja ‘to lie’

log

Today it means

adj Tired.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ligged”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Old Norse liggja. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- / ligged

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