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Low comes from Middle English lāh, from Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, ultimately from PIE *legʰ- ‘to lie’.

1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*legʰ-¹‘to lie’reconstructed
2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*légʰyeti¹‘to be lying down’reconstructed
3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*ligjaną¹‘to lie’reconstructed
4. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*lēgaz¹‘low’reconstructed
5. Old Norsec. 800–1350lágr¹
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lāh¹
7. Englishearliest quotation 1598–1599low¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English low
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1598–1599, Much Adoe about Nothing: “Speak low if you speak love.”.