Word Origin Summary

Lagu is attested in Kedah Malay. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *h₁léngʰusProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from
2. लघुSanskritborrowed from
3. *HlagʰúṣProto-Indo-Aryaninherited from
4. *HlagʰúšProto-Indo-Iranianinherited from

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