Etymograph

English

layback

From lay + back (presumably from confusion between lay and lie).

A compound of lay + back

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

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Proto-Germanic *lagjaną ‘to lay’

Proto-West Germanic *laggjan ‘to lay’

Old English leċġan ‘to lay’

Middle English leyen ‘to lay’

English lay

Proto-Germanic *baką ‘back’

Proto-West Germanic *bak

Old English bæc

Middle English bak ‘the back’

English back

Today it means

noun A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice; also called a layback spin.

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

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