leggr
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Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *lagjaz (“leg, thigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lēk- (“leg, the main muscle of the arm or leg”). Cognate with Lombardic lagi (“thigh”).
Noun[edit]
leggr m (genitive leggjar, plural leggir)
Declension[edit]
Declension of leggr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: leggur
- Faroese: leggur
- Norwegian: legg
- Old Swedish: lægger
- Swedish: lägg
- Westrobothnian: lägg, läiddj
- Danish: læg
- Middle English: leg, legge, leggue, leige, lige
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- leggr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press