Etymology

waterlog

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Today it means: To saturate with water. Full definition →

English log ← Middle English logge ← Old Norse liggjader.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Germanic*watōr
  4. Proto-West Germanic*watar
  5. Old Englishwæter
  6. Middle Englishwater
  7. Englishwater
  8. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*légʰyeti
  10. Proto-Germanic*ligjaną
  11. Old Norseliggjader.?
  12. Middle Englishlogge
  13. Englishlog
  14. English todaywaterlog

From water + log.

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