log · noun, verb1
- Norwegian · borrowed fromlåg“fallen tree”
- Old Norse · derived fromliggja“to lie”
- Old Norse · derived fromlóg
- Middle English · inherited fromlogge
- English todaylog
From Middle English logge, logg (first recorded in Anglo-Latin as loggum), of uncertain origin, but probably from Old Norse lóg, lág (“felled tree, log”), derived from Old Norse liggja (“to lie”). If so, then cognate with Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), Dutch loog (“wood, timber, lumber”). Alternatively, directly from Norwegian låg (“fallen tree”), which could have been borrowed through the Norwegian timber trade. However the Old Norse/Middle Norwegian vowel is long while Middle English vowel is short.
log · noun, verb2
Clipping of logbook, itself from log (etymology 1) + book, from a wooden float (chip log) used to measure speed.
log · verb3
Ellipsis of log out, itself from Etymology 2.
log · noun4
- Hebrew · derived fromלֹג
- English todaylog
From Hebrew לֹג.
log · noun5
LOG · proper noun6
Initialism.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishlogge all →
Old Norseliggja all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.