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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *leig-
Meaning: to tie together
Hittite: link- (I) 'schwören', lingai- c. 'Eid, Schwur' (Friedrich 129)
Slavic: *līgātī
Germanic: *līk-a- n., *laik-(i)a- n.
Latin: ligāre `binden, festbinden, umbinden'
Russ. meaning: связывать
References: WH, WP II 400
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: лигозить
Near etymology: "путать нити при тканье", сарат. (РФВ 69, 150); ср. укр. поли́гатися "сойтись, связаться", залига́ти "завязывать, привязывать", нали́гати "взнуздывать, связывать, спутывать".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. laigõnas "шурин", греч. λοιγωντίαν ̇ φρατρίαν (Гесихий). Из и.-е. *leig- наряду с *leiǵ-; ср. лат. ligārе "привязывать", алб. lith "привязываю, перевязываю", lidhem, страд. ф. (Г. Майер, Alb. Wb. 245), ср.-нж.-нем. līk "повязка", др.-исл. lík "канат для крепления груза"; см. (без русск. слова) Бернекер 1, 717; Цупица, GG 197; Вальде--Гофм. 1, 800.
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *līka-n, *-laik(i)a-n
Meaning: band, tie
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: līk n. `Leik, Einfassung des Segels'
Norwegian: lik
Swedish: lik
Danish: lig
Dutch: lijk n. `touw, zoom om een zeil'
Middle Low German: līk `Band'
Middle High German: geleich(e) st. n. 'gelenk; fuge; glied'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1145
Root: leig-4, leiĝ-
English meaning: to bind
German meaning: `binden'
Material: Alb. lith, Pass. lidhem `binde, verbinde, gürte', lidhë, lidhe `Band, Fessel; Garbenband, Bruchband';

    lat. ligō, -āre `binden, zusammenbinden', obligātiō `Verpflichtung'; līctor `Träger der fasces';

    mnd. līk `Band', daraus aisl. līk `Saumtau', ablautend wohl mhd. geleich `artus, Gelenk';

    mit g: klr. polýhaty śa `sich verbinden', zalyháty `in Bande schlagen, schnüren, anknüpfen, in Beschlag nehmen', nalýhaty `Zaum, Schlinge anlegen, fesseln', vermutlich auch lit. laigõnas `Bruder der Frau', wozu λοιγωντίαν φρατρίαν Hes.;

    hitt. li-in-ga-in Akk. `Eid', li-ik-zi (lenkzi) `schwört', 3. Pl. li-in-kán-zi.

References: WP. II 400, WH. I 800.
Pages: 668
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