English
lawish
From law + -ish.
Formed from law + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Old Norse lag ‘layer, stratum, a laying in order’
Old Norse lǫg ‘law’
Old English lagu ‘law’
Middle English lawe ‘law’
English law
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a law.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawish