Etymograph

English

Lie

Lie comes from Norwegian Lie.

  1. NorwegianmodernLie
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1953same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. NorwegianmodernLie
  2. 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…”

Today it means

name A Norwegian surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Norwegian Lie / Lie