English
Lie
Lie comes from Norwegian Lie.
- NorwegianmodernLie
- Englishearliest quotation 1953same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- NorwegianmodernLie
- Englishearliest quotation 1953same form
Earliest quotation: 1953, Abraham Michael Rosenthal, Farewell, Diplomacy: Trygve Lie’s daughter Guri tells about : “It won’t be long now before Miss Lie starts…”
Every English word from Norwegian Lie
Today it means
name A Norwegian surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Norwegian Lie / Lie