Etymology

lage

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Today it means: Water; any weak alcoholic beverage. Full definition →

Irish lag ← Old Irish lac ← Proto-Celtic *laggos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)leh₁g-
  2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*laggos
  3. Old Irish · derived fromlac
  4. Irish · borrowed fromlag“weak”
  5. English todaylage

Probably from Irish lag (“weak”), from Old Irish lac, from Proto-Celtic *laggos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g-.

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