An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Lug

by Friedrich Kluge

Lug, masculine, Lüge, feminine, ‘lie, falsehood,’ from the equivalent Middle High German luc (g), lüge (lügene), Old High German lugin, feminine; an abstract of lügen (dialectic liegen), Middle High German liegen, Old High German liogan, strong verb ‘to lie.’ Compare Old Saxon lugina, ‘lie,’ from liogan, Dutch leugen, logen, from liegen, Anglo-Saxon lyge (English lie), from leógan, Gothic liugn, ‘lie,’ from liugan, strong verb ‘to lie.’ —