*lagą

Runic: ᛚᚨᚷᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈlɑ.ɣɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

situation
law
a settled amount (cost, price, payment, etc.)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (‘to lie’). Synchronically analyzable as a nominal formation from *ligjaną (‘to lie, rest on’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lagą	lagō
Acc.	lagą	lagō
Gen.	lagas, lagis	lagǫ̂
Dat.	lagai	lagamaz
Inst.	lagō	lagamiz
Voc.	lagą	lagō

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Descendants

*lag (Proto-West Germanic)
- lag (Old Dutch)
  - lach (Middle Dutch)
    - lag (Dutch)
*lag (Proto-West Germanic)
- *læġ, *leġ (Old English)
  - ġelæġ, oferlæġ (Old English)
*lag (Proto-West Germanic)
- *læġ, *leġ (Old English)
  - lay (Middle English)
    - lay (English)
    - lay (Scots)
*lag (Proto-West Germanic)
- laga (Old Frisian)
  - lag, log (North Frisian)
*lag (Proto-West Germanic)
- *lag (Old Saxon)
  - lag, lach, lōch, lov (Middle Low German)
    - lag (Low German)
lag (Old Norse)
- lag (Faroese)
- lag, lög (Icelandic)
- lag, log (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- lauch, lawch (Scots)
lag (Old Norse)
- lagh, logh (Old Danish)
  - lag, lav, lov (Danish)
    - lóg (Faroese)
    - lag, lov (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - lov (Norwegian Nynorsk)
lag (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - lagh, logh, ᛚᚮᚼ (Old Danish)
    - lov (Danish)
      - lóg (Faroese)
      - lov (Norwegian)
      - lov (Norwegian Bokmål)
lag (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - lagh (Old Swedish)
    - laki (Finnish)
    - lag (Swedish)
lag (Old Norse)
- lagu (Old English)
  - lawe, laȝe, lagh (Middle English)
    - law (English)
lag (Old Norse)
- lagu (Old English)
  - lawe, laȝe, laugh, laue (Middle English)
    - law (English)
    - law (Scots)
lag (Old Norse)
- lagh (Old Swedish)
  - lag (Swedish)
    - laki (Finnish)
lag (Old Norse)
- ? (Old West Norse)
  - løg- (Faroese)
  - lög (Icelandic)
  - log, løg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- lag (Faroese)
- lag, lög (Icelandic)
- lag, log (Norwegian Nynorsk)
- lauch, lawch (Scots)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- lagh, logh (Old Danish)
  - lag, lav, lov (Danish)
    - lóg (Faroese)
    - lag, lov (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - lov (Norwegian Nynorsk)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - lagh, logh, ᛚᚮᚼ (Old Danish)
    - lov (Danish)
      - lóg (Faroese)
      - lov (Norwegian)
      - lov (Norwegian Bokmål)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- ? (Old East Norse)
  - lagh (Old Swedish)
    - laki (Finnish)
    - lag (Swedish)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- lagu (Old English)
  - lawe, laȝe, lagh (Middle English)
    - law (English)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- lagu (Old English)
  - lawe, laȝe, laugh, laue (Middle English)
    - law (English)
    - law (Scots)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- lagh (Old Swedish)
  - lag (Swedish)
    - laki (Finnish)
lǫg (Old Norse)
- ? (Old West Norse)
  - løg- (Faroese)
  - lög (Icelandic)
  - log, løg (Norwegian Nynorsk)
*lako (Proto-Finnic)

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